The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is planning for hundreds of job cuts for the 2026/2027 school year.
In a statement to CityNews, the TDSB says it expects to employ 289 fewer secondary and elementary teachers this fall, citing falling enrolment.
The school board says they are planning for nearly 5,000 fewer students.
Meanwhile, the Elementary Teachers’ of Toronto (ETT) say according to their math, there’s a possibility that more than 480 elementary teaching positions could be eliminated.
“They have put aside what all of the staff are struggling mightily to do now which is to meet student needs with fewer and fewer resources,” said Helen Victoros, president of the ETT.
Among the cuts, according to the ETT, would be 145 teachers in model schools, 72 English as a second language teachers and nine teacher librarians, all based on projections the union says it received from the TDSB a month later than it normally would.
“They got rid of the very people, the elected trustees that, at this time of the school year, would be receiving these reports, would be getting these numbers from the tdsb and would be asking questions,” said Victoros.
The school did say that staffing continues to “fluctuate right up until the new school year, so these numbers are not yet final.”
“We would be so happy if the numbers of teachers and overall staff in the TDSB, so all the caring, highly skilled adults, if the numbers that they gave to us a week and a half ago are not correct,” added Victoros.
Education Minister Paul Calandra said any reductions over the 298 number are positions that were not filled in previous years.
“The appearance of any reductions over and above that number are positions that were not filled in previous years as a result of declining enrolment. To be clear, these do not include positions of teachers working in the classroom right now,” read Calandra’s statement.
The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is planning for hundreds of job cuts for the 2026/2027 school year. In a statement to CityNews, the TDSB says it expects to employ 289 fewer secondary and elementary teachers this fall, citing falling enrolment. The school board says they are planning for nearly 5,000 fewer students. Meanwhile, the Local
The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is planning for hundreds of job cuts for the 2026/2027 school year.
In a statement to CityNews, the TDSB says it expects to employ 289 fewer secondary and elementary teachers this fall, citing falling enrolment.
The school board says they are planning for nearly 5,000 fewer students.
Meanwhile, the Elementary Teachers’ of Toronto (ETT) say according to their math, there’s a possibility that more than 480 elementary teaching positions could be eliminated.
“They have put aside what all of the staff are struggling mightily to do now which is to meet student needs with fewer and fewer resources,” said Helen Victoros, president of the ETT.
Among the cuts, according to the ETT, would be 145 teachers in model schools, 72 English as a second language teachers and nine teacher librarians, all based on projections the union says it received from the TDSB a month later than it normally would.
“They got rid of the very people, the elected trustees that, at this time of the school year, would be receiving these reports, would be getting these numbers from the tdsb and would be asking questions,” said Victoros.
The school did say that staffing continues to “fluctuate right up until the new school year, so these numbers are not yet final.”
“We would be so happy if the numbers of teachers and overall staff in the TDSB, so all the caring, highly skilled adults, if the numbers that they gave to us a week and a half ago are not correct,” added Victoros.
Education Minister Paul Calandra said any reductions over the 298 number are positions that were not filled in previous years.
“The appearance of any reductions over and above that number are positions that were not filled in previous years as a result of declining enrolment. To be clear, these do not include positions of teachers working in the classroom right now,” read Calandra’s statement.