Thread by @munakadri

For the next few hours I will be tweeting details from the education funding release.

I keep 5 years of GSNs (excel I maintain of key funding lines) because comparisons reveal hidden changes.

(Arab pro tip, @FarmBoy has to have a teita on staff. Good hummus.)

#onted #osstf

@FarmBoy Colleagues in #OSSTF, #OECTA, #ETFO & #AEFO have a clear indication of where the government stands on salaries according to these docs.

The gov has priced in 1.25% (far below inflation) for wage adjustments while still at the bargaining table.

Admin have nothing priced in.

@FarmBoy Not so fun fact, the Conservatives have tried to scrub the Liberal documents from all their websites. They have overhauled the Ministry of Education website and deleted all of the funding documents from before their election.

You used to be able to go many years back.

@FarmBoy Big changes have been made to Indigenous Education Funding. While it looks like the grant has $137 million in it, that could be phantom $ for the reason in the photo.

Currently each student is funded at an additional $1221. In a class of 23 students that's a cut of $28,000

@FarmBoy Ultimately a board is financially penalized quite steeply for having growing enrolment in FNMI courses.

@FarmBoy What's going on with remote learning?

Remember when that was Lecce's obsession?

Board's are being provided $479 per student to administer remote learning, if they *choose* to.

Note this is separate from the mandatory e-learning requirement. This is about virtual schools.

@FarmBoy While still in bargaining, it looks like the Supports for Students Funding is back.

But it's back with proof that investment is driven by unions.

The portion of funding that was settled by education workers who have collective agreements has grown more than for those who don't.

@FarmBoy This is shocking data.

Here's your proof about just how bad the experienced teacher exodus has been over the past 3 years.

This funding line I've highlighted is the additional funding for teachers for their experience & qualifications.

It's hundreds of millions lower now.

@FarmBoy Chasing experienced teachers out of our schools is likely seen as a cost saving measure by this government.

What they disregard is that experienced teachers are essential mentors to new teachers.

@FarmBoy Here it is again, phantom funding. I can't even make sense of what this footnote means in the technical papers. It's not in last year's papers.

There's $316.9 million in the GSNs that may or may not exist next year.

Here's where Lecce excels, shuffling funding to make it appear increases have happened.

Here's a comparison of the funding per student in high schools. In 5 years it hasn't changed pretty much at all.

Lecce just moved items funded elsewhere to make it look like an increase.

If you take a closer look at the graphic you'll notice that it clearly states we now have fewer teachers per 1000 students than we had 5 years ago.

I emailed the Ministry to ask for the 2017 funding documents to compare to the last Liberal budget and will update when I get them.

Good news parents, Lecce has decided inflation doesn't impact you at all.

All parent engagement activity funding including the PRO grant is receiving ZERO inflationary increases.

The funding remains at $5.47 million, exactly the same as last year.

Some good news for those thinking of doing either a special education or math aq, subsidies are in the docs.

Probably best to hold off enrolling until details are shared with teachers.

I'm almost done for tonight, but something that really hits is that Lecce's 'mandatory' e-learning grad scheme was just a way to get the secondary class average to 23.5.

I know we say our funded class average is 23, but it's not.

The whole scheme is really absent from the funding docs other than the funding cut that came with the change.

There's more in these docs about remote learning than there is about e-learning.

And yes, it sounds weird, but they are 2 different things.

E-learning is asynchronous & usually individual credits.

Remote learning is a whole separate school & usually synchronous.

A Secondary Virtual School that a student enrols in full time is likely remote learning, not e-learning and doesn't even qualify for the grad requirement.

Lastly, the grad requirement is fake. Any parent can opt their student out.

Ultimately this was all a slight of hand to say we have a funded class average of 23 when it is actually 23.5.