Thread by @MastroSandi

@sunflowercyn @AmyfStuart @MommyGearest @TorontoStar Sadly, the #SpecialEducation portfolio is massively huge &the needs greatly outweigh funding provided. Every school board #budget cycle is like a mean game of Russian roulette being played with our kids' lives. #COVID19 merely succeeded in showing parents & teachers...
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@sunflowercyn @AmyfStuart @MommyGearest @TorontoStar ...that heck yeah, it is all about creating/nurturing that #community "village to raise the child"! We all need to work together if the intention to raise confident, educated, happy/healthy kids that are ready to take on the world! We all need to work hard (& together)...
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@sunflowercyn @AmyfStuart @MommyGearest @TorontoStar ...if we're going to create the same equitable space & future for kids that need more attention & TLC. Academic/#learning gaps have been around for YEARS as have unrecognized/neglected mental health related issues for #students👉esp those w/#disabilities. What's the...
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@sunflowercyn @AmyfStuart @MommyGearest @TorontoStar ...system prepared to do to help create that shift so that we all move forward through &out of this #pandemic state we're all in? What are the policy makers, the scholars, the researchers planning to do so that the flatlining stops in Special Education...
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@sunflowercyn @AmyfStuart @MommyGearest @TorontoStar That magical word➡️#inclusion, which is touted at every meeting, in every document, out of every #EDUlingo masked statement made to desperate parents has sadly lost its vigor, its meaning and its light has gone dim for many students &their families. Something needs to...
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@sunflowercyn @AmyfStuart @MommyGearest @TorontoStar ...#change &status quo is no longer acceptable...it wasn't acceptable at any time really. The only difference is that now we all see the gaps more clearly, we feel the bias more strongly &we've connected more broadly in our own neat little stacked square listening to...
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@sunflowercyn @AmyfStuart @MommyGearest @TorontoStar ...complete strangers telling similar stories with the same hopeful beginning, the same wounded middle & often the same tragic ending as ours. Our kids need us and their #village to step up and help create the world they want to live &thrive in. We need to model...
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@sunflowercyn @AmyfStuart @MommyGearest @TorontoStar ...honesty, strength &hope as the safe & caring adults in their lives &in their surrounding communities. @ONeducation @Sflecce @ONSocialService @ToddSmithPC @ONThealth @celliottability #Health #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #equity #TCDSB #Friday #onpoli #onted #Ontario #Canada