They warned that the funding formula does not provide enough money to meet the needs of special education students in Peel. They also raised the issue that changes to criteria make it more difficult to access funds for students with intensive needs. Finally, I can not leave the issue of the funding formula without talking about administrative and support staff. People who worked hard and provided a needed service to schools, teachers and students. There can be no classrooms without all the services that support them.
Technology is a good example.
The ministry is very eager to expand technology in schools, while at the same time cutting the infrastructure that would support it. Computers in the classroom are of no benefit to students or teachers if they don't work properly. That takes people. The new electronic report card is a good example. If the software does not work well across the many different computer platforms one finds in schools, teachers require technical people to help them get the software working.