Valerie Frantellizzi

Vice-President @EtfoPeel. PDSB French Educator. Advocate. Organizer. Unionist. Mother. TFC supporter. Life long learner.

[Catholic Teachers @OECTAProv]

Teachers are constantly filling gaps the Ford govt created in #OntEd. This fall will be no different.

$750 won't help when:
-$300 of it comes from existing funding
-There's a $6.4 billion funding gap
-High school, French, ESL, library, & countless other classes aren't eligible

[ETFO Peel @ETFOPeel]

.@ETFOPEEL MEMBERS! 🟥 Plan to wear #RedForEd this Monday to mark the first day of central bargaining & to show support for your @ETFOEducators bargaining team! Grab photos of yourself & your co-workers, & post to SM & send to [email protected]. #ETFO #OntEd #OnLab

[Elementary Educators @ETFOeducators]

On the Classroom Supplies Fund, @etfopresident David Mastin told the Toronto Star, “These types of announcements ... are gradually trying to shift the public’s perception about what teachers do. It’s all part of a very, very strategic project that this government has to reduce the public’s trust in these highly trained, amazing professionals.”

President Mastin said school boards and even individual schools are equipped to administer supply programs, but only if they’re provided the proper funding. “Just give the money to school boards so they can fund everything. Not just consumables, but special education supports, smaller class sizes, more EAs, more child and youth workers. These are where the difference makers lie in public education.” #onted #onpoli

FULL STORY: https://t.co/5NoCnSUPy5

[Nathaniel Arfin @ArfinNathaniel]

I’ve learned that the $750 Classroom Resource Fund will include teaching supplies like copy paper.

This is an effective cut to classroom funding, and requires teachers to take on a role they should not be expected to play.

A middle finger from the MoE in advance of bargaining.

[Christy Kheirallah @ChristyKheir]

@MaritStiles Calandra: For my next trick, I will make school funding ✨disappear✨

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

Doug Ford sat in the legislature for 29 days this year.

He was on time seven times. We hold grade fives to a higher standard.

His priorities? Buying himself a luxury jet. Hiding his phone records. Cutting OSAP. Taking over the Toronto Islands.

My priorities? Scrapping the tax on groceries. Saving OSAP. Making life more affordable.

[Buffalo Bills @BuffaloBills]

This Pride Month, and always, we’re proud to stand with the LGBTQ+ community. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Learn more about Pride and how we're celebrating this weekend: https://t.co/AG1PPKL44y

[Sesame Street @sesamestreet]

Happy #PrideMonth from Sesame Street! Join us in celebrating and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ members of our community. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[Peel Secondary Occasional Teachers @osstfd19otbu]

Oooh, so that's where that email came from. . .

#OntEd #WorkerPrivacy

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

I need @PaulCalandra to come and spend a week in a high needs school, so he can see what his government’s $6.3 billion in funding cuts has done to our schools.

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

Classroom evacuations are now the norm.

Educators wearing Kevlar is now the norm.

Our most vulnerable students deserve so much better.

Staff deserve so much better.

All kids deserve so much better.

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

Having one EA running between several nonverbal students with ASD who also need toileting/feeding support and randomly run away and out into the street is becoming the norm across Ontario.

Kids with unmet needs melting down is now the norm.
#OntEd

[Brad Weinstein @WeinsteinEdu]

Truth. 💯

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

Education is not a business.

Schools are not factories.

Our children are not widgets to be churned out.

Do better, @fordnation.

#OntEd

[Elementary Educators @ETFOeducators]

In response to proposed changes to #onted board governance, @ETFOpresident said, “Families deserve trustees who are democratically elected to make decisions, not CEOs with business credentials installed to manage public education like a corporate enterprise. The fallout from this govt’s poor decisions belongs to this govt alone. Trustees are not elected to serve as a buffer for your reckless decision-making.” #onpoli

[Ahmad Elbayoumi @ahmadelbayoumi]

NEW: CityNews has cut ties with Queen’s Park reporter Tina Yazdani, @policornerca has learned, while at least two of her stories about the Ford government have quietly vanished from the web without explanation.

https://t.co/K2C5iDtPmx

[Tina Yazdani @TinaYazdani]

NEW: The Ford government is moving $4B in taxpayer money from a tariff relief program into a private investment fund.

The finance minister argues it will spur economic growth & create future jobs. But critics say it is public money desperately needed in schools and hospitals.

[dpsu oecta @dpsuoecta]

In #solidarity with our colleagues @ETFOPeel @OSSTFD19 331 Peel teachers are facing layoff notices. This is about more than jobs; it’s about the supports #Onted students rely on every day. Add your voices & call on the Ford govt to protect student supports & rescind these layoffs

[Jill Promoli @jillpromoli]

So at what point is Ministry supervision supposed to start making things better for Peel schools? Because so far I have a personal inbox full of devastated educators, parents who need support, and a lot of people worried for their kids. My phone hasn't stopped ringing.@fordnation

[Jill Promoli @jillpromoli]

It’s International Women’s Day. In the past year Doug Ford’s Education Minister has stripped 59 democratically elected women of our seats. Many are mothers or grandmothers of children in the boards we were elected to serve, advocating for better for all our kids.

#onted #onpoli