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RSS FeedsToronto District School Board releases list of cancelled high school classes
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18 may 2019 01:57:39

 
Toronto District School Board releases list of cancelled high school classes
(The Star Fashion & Style)
 


The Toronto District School Board has released a detailed list of hundreds of high school classes that will be cancelled this fall because of provincial funding cuts that will boost class sizes and eliminate teaching jobs.A total of 313 classes will be cut — some of them Grade 12 credits that students may need for post-secondary studies — and 304 classes will run with many more students than usual, according to the board.“I’m very, very worried,” said TDSB student trustee Amin Ali, who’s in Grade 12 at Sir John A. Macdonald Collegiate Institute in Scarborough. “I don’t think the provincial government has thought this through at all.”The report comes as school boards across the province grapple with the impact of provincial changes in secondary class size averages over the next four years that will increase from 22 to 28 students, resulting in fewer teachers and impacting the number of courses that can be offered. The TDSB’s figures for 2019-20 are based on class averages moving from 21.7 to 23.6 students. The report includes a breakdown showing the classes that have been cancelled, will be larger, or will be combined. Fewer staff means fewer supports, including 35 fewer guidance classes and 58 fewer library classes.Among elective courses, a total of 133 classes in Grades 9 and 10, and 414 classes in Grades 11 and 12, will be affected. Among compulsory courses, the cuts will affect some 123 classes in Grade 9 and 64 in Grade 10.Among the credits axed at some schools are Grade 12 computer science, Grade 12 earth and space science, as well as Grade 12 writer’s craft — which teens may require depending on what college or university programs they want to apply to.The board is assuring parents that high schools will offer all compulsory courses. However, when a class of a compulsory course is cancelled, all remaining sections of that course will be larger.Ali was “surprised by the figures,&# ...


 
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