The Ontario government ought to hire more support staff to address a recent spate of violence in and around schools, a union representing education workers said on Friday.
The president of Ontario School Board Council of Unions at the Canadian Union of Public Employees said trained mental health workers and education assistants should be available on site in every school to help students who are struggling.
Several high schools across Toronto and other cities in Ontario have seen violent incidents in recent months, including shootings and stabbings that have left students injured – and in some cases dead – with youths facing charges in several cases.shooting at Toronto's East York Alternative Secondary School
"School boards are not equipped to do what we need to do," she said. "It's gonna require a full stakeholder conversation."
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