#ONbudget is really bad news for #onted. It utterly ignores warning calls from Ontario schools to reduce class sizes.
A one-time $200 per child (up to 12 yo) is the only new announcement; the rest is re-touting of earlier, misleading news releases. #onpoli 1/3.
Amid a global pandemic, #ONbudget is practically freezing the #onted budget in 2021-22 and 2022-23. This is the time to invest more, not less, in Ontario schools. 2/3. #onpoli.
#onted is still set to have nearly 4,000 fewer teachers by 2023-24 - compared to what it would have had with the 2018-19 funding formula - due to larger classes (24.5 in elementary, 23 in secondary) and e-learning. See THREAD for board-by-board breakdown and methodology. #onpoli