TORONTO & DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD IS DYSFUNCTIONAL

Well it's not surprising to me to see that the provinces' largest school board is hopeless in a number of areas. A couple of days back the Waterloo Region Record carried a small article indicating that education Minister Liz Sandals was appointing an outside expert to review the troubled TDSB. Minister Sandals claimed that a "culture of fear" exists among staff. Isn't that just hilarious when you realize all the bullshit for years from school boards about removing bullying and harassment from the classrooms. I can recall at the time wondering if they were referring to student bullying or teacher bullying although appearently it's not politically correct to suggest that even one teacher in the entire province could possibly be so bad as to bully children. The infighting and political partisanship is so bad that police were recently called to a TDSB meeting. I love it!

Meanwhile on line there is a wonderful article (Toronto star) all about the same school board (TDSB) tampering with Freedom of Information requests. This had to do with requests for Trustee expense documents. It turns out that some Trustees are just a tad antsy for the voting public to see on what and how much they've been spending their money. Hence many responses forwarded by the FOI officer for the Board end up being redacted and altered improperly by Trustees. A lawyer and author of several works on freedom of information, Michael Drapeau, states that the FOI process "...is a victim to the open defiance, self importance and arrogance of individuals who place their interests ahead of the public interest and their fiduciary duties". Hey folks these lying twits and self absorbed jerks are in charge of your childrens' education. Why are we surprised that our children are falling behind academically when we continue to support such a ridiculous, self interested and absorbed inadequate education system.