Elementary Teachers of Toronto

June 9!

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Doug Ford, Paul Calandra, and their handpicked Education Czar Rohit Gupta are making devastating cuts to public education in Toronto, and our students are paying the price.

Chronic underfunding has siphoned $6.4 billion out of our public education system since 2018. The result? Toronto classrooms are overcrowded, violence in schools is rising, students are losing the supports they need to succeed.

Enough cuts.
Enough overcrowding.
Enough attacks on public education.

Add your name to the petition now and tell Doug Ford: our students deserve better.

Tell Doug Ford: Reverse The Cuts! Our Schools and Students Deserve Better Doug Ford, Paul Calandra, and their handpicked Education Czar Rohit Gupta are making devastating cuts to public education in Toronto, and our students are paying the price. Chronic underfunding has siphoned $6.4 billion out of our public education system since 2018. The result? Toronto classrooms ar...

So far, about 300 elementary teachers have received surplus notices “with no prior notice of consultation,” said Helen Victoros, who is president of the Elementary Teachers of Toronto union local.

In prior years, there would have been public consultations and a chance for parents and staff to weigh in, added Victoros, but under provincial supervision that has not happened.

Read the full article at TheStar

On Wednesday June 3, 2026, Paul Calandra and his hand-picked TDSB Supervisor Rohit Gupta will hand parents a 2026–27 budget that is expected to make sweeping cuts to our schools and students. The Elementary Teachers of Toronto, together with teachers, education workers, and concerned parents from our communities will rally at the head office of the Toronto District School Board to protest the harmful cuts already made and those that will be delivered on Wednesday.

SPEAKERS:
• Farheen Mahmood, Parent Involvement Advisory Committee (PIAC) member
• Safraw Hanif, parent from a TDSB Model School
• Lawrence Dawkins, CUPE 4400 from PCCEW
• Charlotte Schwartz, Parent of a Special Needs Student at TDSB
• Trustee Deborah Williams
• Helen Victoros, Elementary Teachers of Toronto
• John Weatherup, CUPE 4400

WHEN: 6:00 pm, Wednesday, June 3, 2026
6:15 pm SHARP - Press Conference begins

WHERE: Outside of TDSB Head Office (5050 Yonge Street, Toronto)

WHY: This meeting will be the first time anyone outside the Minister of Education's office will see how deep these cuts to education will go. There was no input from parents, teachers, or the public. Under the Ford government, it’s always been the students who suffer.

Toronto teachers, parents, and students have already seen a preview of these Conservative cuts: 289 fewer teachers, 186 fewer school-based support workers, 145 cuts to staff Model Schools – the schools serving our highest-needs communities. Class size caps in Grades 4–8 have been eliminated, 15 Diagnostic Kindergarten classes are gone. Even libraries, ESL, Outdoor Ed, and Parent and Community Engagement have been cut. All this on top of the $6.4 billion missing from the system since Ford took office.

Students and teachers are paying the price for years of Conservative underfunding. Cutting vital staff and programs year after year does not make Toronto schools better or safer learning environments. Toronto families are saying enough is enough. Additional details at: www.ett.ca

June is National Indigenous History Month. This is a time for people in Canada to come together and celebrate First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples; a time to reflect on, listen and learn from the diverse experiences and knowledge of Indigenous peoples across Turtle Island and recognize their contributions - past and present.

For many Canadians, the history of Indigenous peoples in Canada was, and in some cases still is, unknown due to a history of colonization. We use this month as a time to reflect on the past and look to the future.

Together we can amplify the voices and strengths of Indigenous youth, leaders and communities by highlighting their contributions and showing up to affirm calls for change.

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