Support specialized programs & schools made possible by optional attendance!
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utidtuiti
8 years ago
Dont cancel!!
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huiting ge
8 years ago
We need the special programs
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Liming Feng
8 years ago
Specialized programs really help a lot of children’s dreams come true. TDSB, please do the best way to let children get the better education! Education is not one size fits ALL!
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Wenyong Yuan
8 years ago
I can't imagine if Harvard is removed from US education system, similar thoughts applied here
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Michelle
8 years ago
Strongly disagree!!!
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Aren sammy
8 years ago
Don't do it. These programs made me who I am ... kept me from doing bad things gave me a place to express myself
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Steffanie Tam
8 years ago
Don’t kill specialized programs!! The parents will be driven away - especially Asian parents!
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Karen Ye
8 years ago
No
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Jessica Zhang
8 years ago
Don’t agree with this.
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Michelle Giardine
8 years ago
Not every student fits into one style, one level, one type of program. Uniformity kills creativity and productivity. This hateful move by TDSB would be an anti- intellectual, anti- artistic populist step backwards. Shame on you.
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Ariana montazeri
8 years ago
Optional attendance schools allow students from disadvantaged communities to access education that would otherwise not be available to them. These schools are merit - not economically - based and allow for equity for all students in Toronto.
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Desiree Tu
8 years ago
petition against removing speciality itemsprogram
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Jesse Morrison
8 years ago
As an alumnus of both the Claude Watson School and the continued program at Earl Haig Secondary School, I think this is a big mistake. I grew so much as an artist in those years and I don't know where I'd be if I wasn't around like-minded people. I'm now a professional classical musician and I can thank Claude Watson and their teachers and staff for all of what they did for all of us.
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Ann Lenchak
8 years ago
These arts programs need to continue. Just as sports programs provide specialized support, students being exposed to the arts at a young age exposes them to life long benefits.
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Kim Snider
8 years ago
Change admission policies to increase equity, do not eliminate thriving schools. Stop letting schools charge students for auditions and applications. Allow students to disclose their background on their application forms so that schools can prioritize them.
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Mike Derbecker
8 years ago
The arts program at Claude Watson both shaped and improved my life. It provided a unique environment that is stil worth supporting.
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Brian C
8 years ago
"Equity and equality are two strategies we can use in an effort to produce fairness. Equity is giving everyone what they need to be successful. Equality is treating everyone the same. Equality aims to promote fairness, but it can only work if everyone starts from the same place and needs the same help."
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Anonymous
8 years ago
Please keep those special education programs
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Christine Gonsalves
8 years ago
The TDSB should be trying to create more equity by increasing exposure and opportunity in education, not taking it away.
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Jerry Quintyne
8 years ago
As a graduate of Etobicoke School of the Arts, a performing musician in the GTA and an instrumental music instructor for the TDSB, I know the fantastic impact the specialized art programs have had on my life. Canceling these programs and denying future generations of the artistically nurturing environment that they provide is a foolish mistake.
Dont cancel!!
We need the special programs
Specialized programs really help a lot of children’s dreams come true. TDSB, please do the best way to let children get the better education! Education is not one size fits ALL!
I can't imagine if Harvard is removed from US education system, similar thoughts applied here
Strongly disagree!!!
Don't do it. These programs made me who I am ... kept me from doing bad things gave me a place to express myself
Don’t kill specialized programs!! The parents will be driven away - especially Asian parents!
No
Don’t agree with this.
Not every student fits into one style, one level, one type of program. Uniformity kills creativity and productivity. This hateful move by TDSB would be an anti- intellectual, anti- artistic populist step backwards. Shame on you.
Optional attendance schools allow students from disadvantaged communities to access education that would otherwise not be available to them. These schools are merit - not economically - based and allow for equity for all students in Toronto.
petition against removing speciality itemsprogram
As an alumnus of both the Claude Watson School and the continued program at Earl Haig Secondary School, I think this is a big mistake. I grew so much as an artist in those years and I don't know where I'd be if I wasn't around like-minded people. I'm now a professional classical musician and I can thank Claude Watson and their teachers and staff for all of what they did for all of us.
These arts programs need to continue. Just as sports programs provide specialized support, students being exposed to the arts at a young age exposes them to life long benefits.
Change admission policies to increase equity, do not eliminate thriving schools. Stop letting schools charge students for auditions and applications. Allow students to disclose their background on their application forms so that schools can prioritize them.
The arts program at Claude Watson both shaped and improved my life. It provided a unique environment that is stil worth supporting.
"Equity and equality are two strategies we can use in an effort to produce fairness. Equity is giving everyone what they need to be successful. Equality is treating everyone the same. Equality aims to promote fairness, but it can only work if everyone starts from the same place and needs the same help."
Please keep those special education programs
The TDSB should be trying to create more equity by increasing exposure and opportunity in education, not taking it away.
As a graduate of Etobicoke School of the Arts, a performing musician in the GTA and an instrumental music instructor for the TDSB, I know the fantastic impact the specialized art programs have had on my life. Canceling these programs and denying future generations of the artistically nurturing environment that they provide is a foolish mistake.