It’s Official! @OPSEU Education Workers Secure Central Bargaining Table to Defend Public Education  opseu.org/breakthrough-opseu…

The Ford government's $750 classroom gift card gimmick was insulting and admits that our schools are underfunded. Asking teachers to buy classroom supplies is like asking nurses to shop for medical supplies before work because the hospital can't provide them. Now we learn that $300 of the promised $750 isn't even new funding - it's being taken from existing education dollars. That's not an investment in public education. It's a shell game. Ontario students and educators deserve properly funded classrooms, not government announcements that sound bigger than they really are. #onpoli #onted thestar.com/politics/provinc…

Contrast Ontario teachers' salary raises between 2012 and 2026 and those of MPPs and the Premier. MPP Base Salary: Rose from $116,550 in 2012 to $163,959 by 2026, representing a 40.7% increase. Premier's Salary: Rose from $209,272 in 2012 to $293,978 by 2026, representing a 40.3% increase.

You can come to school any day of the week @PaulCalandra Would love for you to shadow an EA while we support students with extremely complex needs #OntEd is in crisis rn

Paul Calandra is cutting $4.7 million from PDSB's special education. This funding cut is devastating. Here we are this time last year outlining the problems with the funding formula. We have been calling for proper support. Instead he took over our board. #onted #onpoli

@PaulCalandra @ONeducation If you intend to overhaul Spec Ed in Ontario, you HAVE to collaborate with disabled & neurodivergent people It is ABLEIST to make unilateral decisions for them without their input #OntEd #ONpoli #autism #disability #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs

Did you tell them about all the cuts youve made to education @PaulCalandra

Instead of these ridiculous photo ops, why don’t you visit a classroom while an evacuation is taking place, and then stay to help clean up? Why don’t you visit a packed ER waiting room or a hallway filled with patients? Then maybe you’d set some valuable priorities.

They were 20 mins into the meeting when SEAC members were notified that it wasn’t being live streamed or recorded while PDSB Tech staff were sitting there being paid to work! Shame on you @PaulCalandra

Livestreaming & recording the #SEAC meetings are the only way many parents can access meetings especially parents of children with high spec ed needs. This is a CRUEL move begging for a human rights challenge. It's a simple & inexpensive accommodation. #onted #onpoli

Working so hard to make alcohol so accessible and education so inaccessible. x.com/jillpromoli/status/205…

PDSB SEAC meeting live stream cancelled without notice Many parents of disabled students cannot attend in person due to accessibility caregiving transportation barriers Excluding virtual access excludes families This is #ableism in #OntEd @PaulCalandra @fordnation DO BETTER!

Hey Doug, your Education Minister shut down virtual access to SEAC meetings with no notice. He directed that these meetings not be recorded, and surprise! He started with the budget meeting. Last year PDSB spec ed was underfunded by $45 million. Shuffle your Minister. #onted

They've allowed the Ontario Autism Program to crumble, deeply underfunded special education, and now they're taking away access to information about spec ed in ~40% of Ontario schools. Why is this govt making it so hard for families of kids with exceptionalities? #onted #onpoli

Why is the PDSB SEAC Meeting no longer being live streamed? @PeelSchools What about the families of disabled kids who cant make the meetings in person? @PaulCalandra @JPHornick @LNancekivell

Having one EA running between several nonverbal students with ASD who also need toileting/feeding support and randomly run away and out into the street is becoming the norm across Ontario. Kids with unmet needs melting down is now the norm. #OntEd

Drunk driver Marco Michael Muzzo was sentenced to 10 years. Milly lived for 1009 days. She lived for less than 3 yrs. Harry lived for 1,908 days. He lived for just over 5 yrs. Daniel lived for 3,523 days. He lived for less than 10 yrs. #DrunkDriverMarcoMuzzo warrant expired.

And @OPSEU too! @JPHornick @LNancekivell ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻

“The records also show the supervisor at Dufferin-Peel initially claimed 1,600 km for commuting to and from the job.” Because the DPCDSB supervisor is the recent PC MPP for Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, and not someone local with any education background. Make it make sense. #onted

"Why Autism Awareness Month can be traumatising for autistic people" autisticnotweird.com/awarene… #autism #AutismAcceptance #WAD