Fix Our Schools sent the following letter to the TDSB Governance Panel on Monday, July 13:
Dear TDSB Governance Panel,
We continue to be concerned that the TDSB Governance Panel did not consider how provincial funding and provincial policies impact the governance of the TDSB. Upon reading the scathing review of Donna Quan’s leadership by Margaret Wilson, among others, in Friday’s Globe & Mail, we are also concerned that the TDSB Governance consultations did not examine the important role that leadership plays in TDSB’s governance. Instead, the TDSB Governance consultations focused primarily on the role of TDSB Trustees and the size of the TDSB.
Given these concerns, we are anxious to hear your panel’s recommendations. Could you kindly let us know the date when you plan to issue those recommendations to Minister Sandals?
The Fix Our Schools campaign represents a large and growing number of parents in Toronto who want to see safe, well-maintained public schools. Of course, these same parents are also interested in good governance. However, every one of Ontario’s 72 public school boards has a capital repair backlog for a total of $14.7-billion, which suggests that something in the overall governance of public education in this province is simply not working and that additional funding sources must be found.
We trust that any recommendations made by the TDSB Governance Panel will:
• get to the heart of the issues at the TDSB
• respect the fact that this new board of Trustees has had scant time to actually govern
• keep the best interests of TDSB students and families in mind
Kind regards,
Krista Wylie – On Behalf of Fix Our Schools
Fix Our Schools will keep subscribers posted on what we hear back from the TDSB Governance Panel about their recommendations.