Virtual classes at both secondary and elementary schools will be conducted by dedicated teachers. If numbers are too small at a given school, virtual classrooms will be created from a cluster of schools. Students may opt to change between in-person and virtual learning just once, in February The TDSB emailed selection forms to more than , parents and guardians in early August, to choose whether their children will go back to in-person or virtual learning.
The TDSB said preliminary data showed that about 86 per cent of parents have opted for in-person learning. However, consultation with high school students, which was conducted in the spring, showed just 12 per cent preferred in-person learning, while 40 per cent said they would prefer virtual classes and 36 per cent preferred in-person, with a virtual option.
Bird said he expects that 86 per cent figure to rise as parents who did not submit the form by the deadline would have their children automatically enrolled in in-person classes.
Last year we had about 80, students taking part in virtual learning and this is much lower. Bird said he understood there was "anxiety" around returning to school as COVID numbers fluctuated in the province, but said these protocols should provide "confidence". We're doing everything that we can to keep both our students and staff safe," Bird said. It's one thing to have that virtual classroom but it really can't replace that in-person experience. The TDSB's numbers are roughly in line with its neighbour to the west, the Peel District School Board, where about 18 per cent of elementary students and 20 per cent of high schoolers have opted for virtual learning.
But some other boards are reporting vastly different numbers. The Limestone District School Board based out of Kingston says only two per cent of students will learn remotely when school resumes.
The Halton District School Board — headquartered in Burlington — and the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board both say roughly six per cent of their students have chosen the virtual learning option.
Its provincial assessment program for primary, junior and secondary students provides parents, teachers and the public with information about student achievement that will help improve teaching and learning. TDSB Schools all have annual budgets to support classroom programs. Money provided is based on the school budget model. The school budget model has been developed through a process involving Principals, Vice Principals, Superintendents, school office budget staff, Trustees and staff from the central Budget and Revenue Department.
Although a model is used to determine budget amounts, schools do have flexibility in administering the budget. View Western Technical-Commercial School's budget for this year. About Us. Its staff have some of the private-sector experience required to manage a multibillion-dollar real estate portfolio. And they should think long term. Where schools need to close, their sites should be retained as much as possible. In the past, TDSB has sold off entire suburban schools for low-density development.
Instead, in the future, they should sell part of a site — start with the parking lot — but develop it at high density. That would require the active and creative participation of city planners and the province. Sage and TLC have a holistic view. But doing this right requires creative deal-making and a relentless focus on place. Triage the architecture, and save those buildings that have cultural value.
Stop constructing parking garages. Push aggressively to get density onto school sites. Keep as much land as possible. And make deals with public bodies. Every neighbourhood should have public space at its heart.
A Toronto of — denser, more unequal, with a warming climate — will treasure its public places. Schools, in the past, have been great public places; they should be again. Sign up today. Follow Alex Bozikovic on Twitter: alexbozikovic Opens in a new window.
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