Protect Our Classrooms: Contact your MPP and speak at upcoming TDSB budget meetings.
School Council is an important advisory body to the school and the school board (TDSB) . The purpose of a school council is, through the active participation of parents, to improve student achievement and increase accountability of the education system to parents.
Research tells us that when families are involved in their children's education the results are positive for student achievement. The Leaside High School Council is working to build effective home-school partnerships.
We, the students, staff and parents of Leaside High School, acknowledge that we are on the Lands of the Anishinaabe, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, the Wendat, and the Haudenosaunee. We recognize that Toronto sits within the boundaries of Treaty 13 and the Williams Treaties. We are grateful for the opportunity to meet on this Land and we honour the generations of Indigenous Peoples currently caring for the Land, and for having taken care of the Land since time immemorial. We look to Indigenous leadership to guide us in our relationships to the Land. As a community, we recognize our responsibilities in the ongoing work to challenge colonialism and we are committed to developing respectful reciprocal relationships between First Peoples and settlers. We also recognize the enduring presence of all First Nations, Métis, and the Inuit peoples.
Decisions made at Queen's Park directly impact the resources, staffing, and support systems available at Leaside. By speaking up together, we can ensure our local MPPs understand exactly what our community needs to thrive.
Education funding comes primarily from the Ontario government, not from the TDSB itself. The TDSB has stated that declining enrolment affects funding levels, and education advocates have been raising concerns about funding shortfalls and staffing reductions.
Find and contact your local MPP and ask them:
To increase education funding.
To protect classroom teacher positions.
To reduce class sizes.
To maintain special education and student supports.
Stephanie Bowman
Constituency Office (Leaside / Thorncliffe Park / Bennington Heights)
Address: 795 Eglinton Ave. E., Suite 101, Toronto, ON M4G 4E4
Phone: 416-425-6777
Email: sbowman.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org
Queen’s Park Office
Phone: 416-325-0008
Peter Tabuns
Constituency Office (The Danforth, Riverdale, Leslieville, parts of East York)
Address: 923 Danforth Ave., Toronto, ON M4J 1L8
Phone: 416-461-0223
Email: tabunsp-co@ndp.on.ca
Queen’s Park Office
Phone: 416-325-3250
Email: tabunsp-qp@ndp.on.ca
2. Speak at TDSB Meetings and Budget Consultations
The TDSB regularly holds budget consultations and public meetings where parents can present concerns directly to decision-makers. The board specifically states that community voices are part of the budget process.
https://www.tdsb.on.ca/About-Us/Business-Services/Budgets-and-Financial-Statements/The-TDSB-Budget
