NDP: Throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks is not an education plan

OTTAWA - Following the minister of education’s news release highlighting the launching of new “Student and Family Support Offices” at every school board, NDP shadow minister for education MPP Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean) released the following statement:

“Clearly, the Minister of Education knows his takeover of school boards with unqualified, partisan appointments is a disaster for parents who just want answers and help navigating the system.

“Instead of reinstating democratically elected trustees and respecting the role played by trustees in other boards, the Minister is frantically throwing out half-baked ideas, announcing new offices without explaining how they will help students or providing funding for them.

“We need a plan to fix the real problems in our schools, he’s creating more bureaucracy and taking money out of classrooms to pay for it. Families want smaller class sizes and more support for our kids, not supervisors making $350,000 a year with $40,000 expense accounts who can’t even answer a phone call.”