“It is clear there is systemic discrimination built within the education system, whether it be streaming of racialized students, suspensions overwhelmingly targeting Black and Indigenous kids, or the lack of merit-based diversity within our education workforce,” said Lecce’s statement. “This government will move quickly and decisively to combat systemic racism so that every child – irrespective of colour of skin, heritage, faith or ability – can have a fighting chance at success.
He said suspending students affects their educational trajectory, because they are unable to sit in their classrooms and learn. This issue was highlighted in a third-party review of Ontario’s Peel District School Board in February that revealed dysfunction among school administrators who were incapable of dealing with anti-Black racism. The review found the PDSB board of trustees was struggling to govern effectively, and it said there were frequent disrespectful interactions between trustees and the public.
Why is that Is there only a certain race being suspended from school? Lol . Wow does this ever sound so stupid! Bend over education minister
Wow now they get a pass for bad behaviour in school . If you are white and your children are white remember your kid will be a target with no support. Best bet is continue to home school or private . Thought they didn’t want segregation cause that’s going to be the end results
Yeeaaahh... less accountability is what's needed 😬 entitlement brats manners ignorance
This will fail. Teachers deserve protection from violent students. My friend who recently retired as a KG teacher has had unruly students physically assault her and classmates.
Was there a policy to only suspend black children?
I'm very interested in the data collected for such decisions to ban suspensions. I'm sure we will see other issues rising from such a favourable position. Sflecce will your government subsidies home schooling instead. Gong show to start
Who is suspending 8 yr olds anyway?! Seems counter-productive at best.
chiefy671 So first it’s wear pink to stop bullies, now it’s give bullies free for all with no consequences? 🤦 my sons both know to stand their ground. Kinda glad I taught them self defence.
How is that racism...?
What an idiotic reaction.
As humans we walk backwards
Canada is a fucking joke nation
4est2J Never once do they mention what the students were doing to get suspended.
Is this because there's a disproportionate amount of non white kids being suspended in that age group? If so, what are the other factors that could lead to bad behaviour, aside form just calling every fucking thing under the sun 'racist' 🤷🏻♂️
But what about the irate, out of control 3rd Graders who don't know when to quit
Stupid. Just plain stupid.
Soo.. are in school suspensions a thing of the past? We used to have to sit at a desk in the janitors mop room all day and in front of the principals office at lunch.
stupid
To ppl commenting why: It’s bc this isn’t the best take on the story. It doesn’t matter why they removed the suspensions. Bc that’s not what matters. WHY this ACTUALLY matters is bc now teachers will be more emphatic with children. They must nurture instead of punish.This is good
If my kid gets repeatedly bullied and beat up by a bunch of kids in Gr 3, they better not be in the same classroom
Complete BS. More LIE-BERAL garbage policies.
So now the racist grade 2 student won't get the boot?
Shut up! This is stupid....
FireLecce, the incompetent
How are the two related? If the kid is misbehaving in a social setting, that's the parents problem. They are responsible for how the child behaves. I'm not sure how immutable characteristics and behavior are linked? Or why there is an implied connection, that's just stupid.
If a kid in grade 3 needs to be suspended someone should have talk to the parents. When they were in kindergarten
1. I didn't know kindergartners could get suspended. 2. Who's out here suspending kindergartners?!? 3. We'll get to the part about fixing racism later, cause right now, I need to know: what are these kindergartners doing? Biting their teachers' faces
Exactly how will removing the possibility of a suspension “rid education system of racism?” I want to know what the minister’s rationale is behind this; it doesn’t make any kind of sense. If a kid does something heinous (like bullying, etc), you suspend them, regardless of race.
Suspensions are kind of a joke anyway. I teach HS.. at-home just means free day(s) off while Ts are expected to send them work or give extensions. In-school they hate but an adult has to supervise which interferes with their job. It doesnt help address why the incident occurred..
Probably only suspend white kids now.
One word. Homeschool.
But you took away the discretion of principals who are on the ground. At least let them maintain order.
What it means Same as grade 9 things Since when if you are poor or other color you have an excuse not to excel in school Just wondering? Library card is free!!! So..
Idiocy. Imagine being a principal or teacher. You have less and less tools to drive accountability, but are expected to do more and more.
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So children get to misbehave all they want with no consequences. Got it
WTF does that “MEAN “.....are you saying all the problem kids are NOT WHITE!
What’s even the suspension rate for kids in grade 3 and under? Lmao
Um...going a little too far.
Sooo. Kids in grades 1-3 are racists? Or.....the teachers are racist against those same kids? Or just the kids who get suspended are racist against the other kids.? Or the teachers are racist against suspended kids? Seriously,. what the fuck are they getting at?
We also need the teachers and the principles to reflect on their biases and prejudice and work through them changing the system without having tespect for each other and understanding that we are all different and we can learn from each ither
Private schools anyone? Floodgate open to stampede them. Every parent: save every cent to avoid cesspool of public systems. Consider home schooling as government brainwashing machine is coming for your kids. Take back your kids from consultants and leftism of low brow schools.
This may not be the right way to go about it.
Insane. Why dont we just get rid of school all together so everyone feels absolutely equal, no more tests so no ones feeling get hurt
Huh
Our country is in a death spin. This is insanity.
School system needs a look at itself and how it contributes to child behaviour Are classroom environments and controls imposed on children affecting their behaviour? You have an authoritarian,rigid structure, punishments,judgement of performance,not enough play,one size fits all
This is exactly how to keep a segment of the population down - by lowering their expectations and making excuses for their bad behaviour. And it has nothing to do with race. This is the height of idiocy.
Wild how all of these people are so concerned about children’s safety. All of the violent behaviours in my classes were white boys who NEVER got disciplined harshly. But they always come back with “Boys will be boys” 🙃
Is this retroactive?
Bad Parenting.
This is so paradoxical. Not disciplining in 2020 teaches discipline.
I guess if suspensions are handed out for no particular reason at all to innocent kids then maybe it makes sense. Otherwise it sounds like a social experiment for the cause-of-the-day. Suspensions should be handed out alphabetically to maximize fairness.
So what’s the alternative Minister Sflecce? Ask any kindergarten teacher through Grade 3 that has had a violent child in their class. People don’t understand the AMOUNT of violence in our public schools. Your kids just don’t talk about it.
Their goes making Monday optional for the street hockey loving🙏🤣🙏We all want to be Gretzky crew.
The left need to go..
Lmao.... we just throwing shit at the wall now, to see what sticks?
we agree school can't reprimand our beautil lil bastards, Detention? NOPE union cant ask teacher stay late to babysit So what is left? How do you correct or give consequence? Worse is keeping high maintenance disruptive kids in class wasting vital class time for students- staff
Ummmm, what?
wexit the west, let the east drown in their leftist eggshell skull society. We need to teach kids what not always succeeding feels like, even at an early age, so that they develop into well balanced adults who can deal with adversity and learn to fail forward. BradWall306
How about you begin to FAIL students that don’t make the grade. Hold them back. They get to grade 12 and are illiterate with zero math skills or analytical reasoning. That’s helping them how? Sflecce
Uh wait what?
These people should not be making decisions on behalf of the people. They are grossly underqualified. Sflecce
How many gr 2s are suspended annually? More importantly what could a Grade 2 student do to warrant a suspension? I know zero tolerance in violence but are you really sending grade 2s home for slugging it out at back field? This is where toxic masculinity starts. Let boys play
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It's the BIZZARRO WORLD welcome to it
The kids behaviour will get worse bevy they will know they can do whatever they want and not get in trouble
The elementary schools in the north end of Toronto are Diversity schools. Holy fuck there's gonna be some grade 3 gang-bangers happy tonight!!!
Um seriously. You want to intentionally raise the next generation to be unruly and unaccountable? Does anyone else see the far left pushing for chaos? Laying the foundation for what? A reason to control the masses and have us be completely dependant on government.
Couldn’t be more backwards
Say what?
That brought a smile to every young and upcoming bully out there. Just another reason to get your kids out of public schools
But I thought changing the name of syrup and rice was going to fix everything.
Homeschool your kids
Children as young as 5-6 are violent: trashing classrooms, spitting, swearing, kicking, hitting teachers & students. Race aside, can we not start looking at the SYSTEMS in place fm early school as a predictor of later behavior? Behaviour is DIRECTLY tied to academic performance.
Penalize the achiever, reward the idiots, ye call that progression .....
Are you saying that one race of children require more suspensions than the other due to antisocial behaviour. No suspension means a small group will disrupt learning of larger group. This isn’t race but behaviour responsibility. Teach them young not as adults.
I’m just curious as to whether or not it occurred to Sflecce & the OntarioPCParty that maybe, just maybe black kids are suspended more because they act out more & take part in suspendible actions more than white students? Is this just too hard to comprehend?
Rewarding bad punishment? When has that ever failed.
Sounds a lot like taking legal guns away from law observing citizens in the hope that criminals will stop using guns....
Suspensions are based on behavior though right? Or you are saying suspensions are based on race
This will not solve racism
They released all the bullies from detention because of covid, now this?
insanity
Again, I repeat, Canada elects the absolute worst leaders in the world. This entire country is a clown show 🤡🇨🇦
And the teachers will take the brunt of it
So now violent, antisocial behaviour will escalate with no consequences. If certain students can not function in the regular system they should be removed. Altering the system to accommodate these problem children only harms those that can behave properly
Shovels anyone
Sounds lacist
Progressive leftists will eventually ruin everything in this country.
I honestly cannot believe that crap I read in a day, this is absolutely ridiculous. We're not racist, but do you want us to be? The media and these governments are destroying race relations that have been built for decades. Enough of this crap.
Peak insanity. WTF does this even mean
What on earth does a kids under 8 even get suspended for?
The lunatic factory is in full pandering production mode!
So any out of control child can terrorize an entire class of students so no one can learn. Does that powerful teachers union approve?
OMG Canada.
Does this not seem strange to anyone else?
So allow bad kids to continue to negatively effect others life trying to learn, sounds great
Did I miss something? The headline says Grade 3 & below, but the article is about high school students.
It won't end racism.....just build resentment....as usual
The article never addresses the number of times a particular group did something to justify suspension. How will this teach a child there are consequences to their actions? If anything this action will further racial tensions in the education system.
🤦♂️
More like rid the system of anti-boy attitudes, IMO.
If your kids aren't in private school or getting home schooled in 2020 your doing something wrong as a parent. Public school is now infinitely more dangerous to children than even 10 years ago now that the woke liberal mob is running them.
I am a white kid who was suspended and locked in a room for days. Soooo that was racist? Or what...
Let's face it, if there were 'prison' or 'monthly court-supervised visitation' streams, we all know kids who'd belong in them. Not every kid has a future.
That will help..that and abolishing streaming for Grade 9. All these bored, destructive kids who don’t give a rat’s ass mixed in with the academically inclined cohort? Disaster.
LOL! Some elementary schools are like jungles already. Hang on teachers!!
... so kids can be violent and have no punishment .. And we wonder why youth are defacing monuments
That is the weirdest headline ever! my God The world is so fucked
Meaning most kids suspended where Black ? and THIS is WHY they were suspended ? or because they did something really WRONG? You are a disgrace Sflecce SO students should NOT be punished for BAD BEHAVIOR, right? GO AWAY...
Ontario sounds confused, has it taken it's meds today?
So you feel more kids of colour are getting in trouble? Isn’t that racist?
Why tf were they suspending 8 year olds and younger anyway? WTF can 8 year olds do to merit suspension?
How are suspensions racist?Don't nerf the world
Are kids suspended because of the colour of their skin?
Wait what? PrisonPlanet, I've got a feeling this won't end racism...
They need to ban suspension across the board. Have the kids shadow a teacher and do some administrative work instead of sitting at home playing Xbox . I think positive reinforcement could help.
Ok, so a kid can stab another kid and stay in school?
Sooo, leave bad kids to harm, intimidate and disrupt good kids. Racism is cured!!
Oh yes The very 'racist' Ontario school system When did it become racist? Who are all these insane young new racist teachers, and where do they come from?
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