Racial lottery system for specialty programs is unlikely to improve fairness
About two dozen parents showed up to a TDSB committee meeting on May 17 explained why they thought the new procedures were repugnant. With the exception of trustees Weidong Pei and Patrick Nunziata, the board seemed incurious and even skeptical of the many parent delegates who came to the meeting. Parents who spoke on the matter wanted more support for disadvantaged students, more capacity in specialty programs and more awareness of specialty programs for students.
“We’re saying to these children that everything you’ve done up till Grade 8 is irrelevant,” said parent and school co-chair John Irving. “If the ulterior motive here of the lottery … is actually to eliminate the programs, then please be transparent about that,” said parent Jennifer Winter Di Cola. “And in five years TDSB will be able to proudly point to a record of perfect equity of access because the programs will no longer exist for anyone.”Article content
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