Toronto school board warns province that cuts to funding would be ‘reckless and harmful to students.’
Throughout the pandemic, they added, the board did “everything possible to ensure the health and safety” of students and staff, which has left it in a financially difficult spot.
The board is requesting that $70.1 million in pandemic costs be reimbursed, $31.5 million in pandemic funding be continued and that $48.6 million be addedThe TDSB used $70.1 million of its reserves to put in place COVID-19-related safety measures that were directed by the government, and advised by local health officials, such as reducing class sizes, implementing additional cleaning measures and buying personal protective equipment.
However, in a February 2022 memo, the province told boards the $304 million in total funding was for “time limited” and temporary extra staffing such as teachers, early childhood educators and educational assistants to help with pandemic learning losses or for custodians to continue the extra level of cleaning.
“Ontario’s government continues to fund education at the highest levels in our province’s history, including for the hiring of 7,000 additional education workers to support students,” Grace Lee, a spokesperson for Lecce, said in a statement to the Star.
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