01/29/2026
A statement on the announced supervision of Peel District School Board from our President Kathleen Woodcock: “Similar to the issues we’ve already highlighted around Special Education, school and classroom funding does not meet the cost of providing education for our province’s children. These decisions should always centre students, but school boards are at the point where it’s getting very difficult to do that.
As we've been saying since the Minister began his supervisions, local trustees, working with staff leadership in their boards, give communities a real voice in their schools, and when that voice is weakened, everyone loses.
Supervision should always be a last resort. When it happens, there should be a clear, publicly communicated plan outlining expectations for everyone involved, including a transparent path back to full local governance.
We remain ready to work with the government and all education partners to innovate, modernize, and strengthen Ontario’s publicly funded education system, but it is getting more and more difficult to do so with each passing week as classroom-level decisions continue to be made at Queen’s Park without local input. Students are at the heart of every decision we make, and our focus is on supporting high-quality education in every community.”