Education in Ontario
When we chose to have a house built in the West End of Ottawa we had considered proximity to schools, resale potential and the strength of the infrastructure. We live in a nice neighbourhood with educated, respectable neighbours and so far there has not been a problem.
Last night I experiences SUCH incredible frustration that this will warrant a call to my local trustee.
Our neighbourhood is full of new construction. Our house is three years old and is one of the older ones in our community. The community is also full of young children so they built us a primary school a couple of blocks away. That school's maximum capacity is 560. It is currently at 890 but that is not the focus on my concern.
My eldest son started out in one grade two class. In the school they had also created a 2/3 split. After school started and they confirmed the enrolment, they received funding to create another grade two class so my son was moved to the new class - IN A PORTABLE - with a new teacher. If it wasn't bad enough to have grade two's in a portable, the teacher has not received ANY of her supplies yet:
No books for the kids to read as they have not been provided. I sent in 10 of my early reader books but I was the only parent to send in books.
No text books for the kids. The teacher was proud of herself that she had gotten a text book from one of the other classrooms and photocopied the pages, shrinking them down so that she could get four to a sheet of paper. This is for the language segment; she has one text book for the science segment (that the kids are sharing) and there is no math segment available yet. ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS.
No coat rack, shoe rack or anything to hang up their coats on. Apparently, this is on back order.
More seriously, one of kids in Liam's class has a hearing disorder. Nothing serious but it requires that his teachers use a device that removes ambient sounds and clarifies what the teacher is saying. In Ontario, the funding for the schools pays for this device and it is supposed to follow the child from year to year. At the end of the school year last year, the mother went through the adminstrative hoops to have it in stalled in his new classroom. He was one of the kids move to a portable and the device has not yet moved with him. Completely appalling that this child is struggling to even hear the instructions because the school cannot get their act together.
My son's new teacher simply gushed (there is no other way to describe it) about how important it is that this year be 'beautiful' for the kids because they receive two of their sacraments. Hmmm... so my kids soul will be permitted to go to Catholic heaven but he will not be able to read the directions on how to get there. Off to call the school now and get a reputation for myself.
Last night I experiences SUCH incredible frustration that this will warrant a call to my local trustee.
Our neighbourhood is full of new construction. Our house is three years old and is one of the older ones in our community. The community is also full of young children so they built us a primary school a couple of blocks away. That school's maximum capacity is 560. It is currently at 890 but that is not the focus on my concern.
My eldest son started out in one grade two class. In the school they had also created a 2/3 split. After school started and they confirmed the enrolment, they received funding to create another grade two class so my son was moved to the new class - IN A PORTABLE - with a new teacher. If it wasn't bad enough to have grade two's in a portable, the teacher has not received ANY of her supplies yet:
No books for the kids to read as they have not been provided. I sent in 10 of my early reader books but I was the only parent to send in books.
No text books for the kids. The teacher was proud of herself that she had gotten a text book from one of the other classrooms and photocopied the pages, shrinking them down so that she could get four to a sheet of paper. This is for the language segment; she has one text book for the science segment (that the kids are sharing) and there is no math segment available yet. ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS.
No coat rack, shoe rack or anything to hang up their coats on. Apparently, this is on back order.
More seriously, one of kids in Liam's class has a hearing disorder. Nothing serious but it requires that his teachers use a device that removes ambient sounds and clarifies what the teacher is saying. In Ontario, the funding for the schools pays for this device and it is supposed to follow the child from year to year. At the end of the school year last year, the mother went through the adminstrative hoops to have it in stalled in his new classroom. He was one of the kids move to a portable and the device has not yet moved with him. Completely appalling that this child is struggling to even hear the instructions because the school cannot get their act together.
My son's new teacher simply gushed (there is no other way to describe it) about how important it is that this year be 'beautiful' for the kids because they receive two of their sacraments. Hmmm... so my kids soul will be permitted to go to Catholic heaven but he will not be able to read the directions on how to get there. Off to call the school now and get a reputation for myself.
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