06/02/2026
On Wednesday June 3, 2026, Paul Calandra and his hand-picked TDSB Supervisor Rohit Gupta will hand parents a 2026–27 budget that is expected to make sweeping cuts to our schools and students. The Elementary Teachers of Toronto, together with teachers, education workers, and concerned parents from our communities will rally at the head office of the Toronto District School Board to protest the harmful cuts already made and those that will be delivered on Wednesday.
SPEAKERS:
• Farheen Mahmood, Parent Involvement Advisory Committee (PIAC) member
• Safraw Hanif, parent from a TDSB Model School
• Lawrence Dawkins, CUPE 4400 from PCCEW
• Charlotte Schwartz, Parent of a Special Needs Student at TDSB
• Trustee Deborah Williams
• Helen Victoros, Elementary Teachers of Toronto
• John Weatherup, CUPE 4400
WHEN: 6:00 pm, Wednesday, June 3, 2026
6:15 pm SHARP - Press Conference begins
WHERE: Outside of TDSB Head Office (5050 Yonge Street, Toronto)
WHY: This meeting will be the first time anyone outside the Minister of Education's office will see how deep these cuts to education will go. There was no input from parents, teachers, or the public. Under the Ford government, it’s always been the students who suffer.
Toronto teachers, parents, and students have already seen a preview of these Conservative cuts: 289 fewer teachers, 186 fewer school-based support workers, 145 cuts to staff Model Schools – the schools serving our highest-needs communities. Class size caps in Grades 4–8 have been eliminated, 15 Diagnostic Kindergarten classes are gone. Even libraries, ESL, Outdoor Ed, and Parent and Community Engagement have been cut. All this on top of the $6.4 billion missing from the system since Ford took office.
Students and teachers are paying the price for years of Conservative underfunding. Cutting vital staff and programs year after year does not make Toronto schools better or safer learning environments. Toronto families are saying enough is enough. Additional details at: www.ett.ca
