Why #DougFord doesn't deserve another chance, #onted edition. 🧵
Before forming government in 2018, the PCs promised that would make our schools positive, interesting, exciting and engaging. Public schools were not in a good place before Ford took power. This government, instead of making them better, has made them worse in almost every way. They betrayed every principle, every moral they claimed to stand for and have thrown our students under the bus.
Since forming government, the PCs have made life immeasurably worse for students. In 2019, they issued a policy that prevented students from recording misconduct during instructional time https://web.archive.org/web/20210921165232/https://www.ontario.ca/document/education-ontario-policy-and-program-direction/policyprogram-memorandum-128. In 2024, the remade the policy to bar some students from using PMDs during the entire school day. They also passed a law to issue secret directives to school boards related to digital technology and information https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/24e24. /2
They also haven't done many things they should've done. Despite strong opposition before forming government, the PCs refuse to change #Ontario's compulsory school attendance. Bullying and harassment have exploded in our schools, but they crack down on cell phones. When being made aware of professional misconduct by school administrators, this government stands by and does nothing. Their inaction has made schools dangerous places that kids aren't allowed to leave. /3
This government has also promoted discrimination in #schools. In 2024, they required schools to report on whether teachers think their students are paying attention. Only students know what goes on inside their head. The negative impact with be disproportionately felt by #ADHD and other disabled students.
They are also breaching student privacy requiring schools to report to parents when students are caught vaping, without regard to the impact on student safety. /4
The state of schools today is that students' rights are violated by their fellow classmates and school staff. Students are left to fend for themselves. They try to call someone for help, their phone is confiscated. They try to leave, they can be threatened and charged. If you're disabled you're actively terrorized. For me, it was hell on Earth. /5
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