"Our kids need and deserve a safe place to learn, but this school year has picked up right where last year ended with classrooms disrupted daily by violent incidents. Our children are witnessing and sometimes experiencing kicking, hitting and biting," said NDP MPP Chandra Pasma, the party's education critic.
"This can be traumatizing for our children, but I think equally seriously, it's becoming normalized for our children," she added.
Pasma said a surge in school violence in recent years is adding to burnout for education workers, leading some to leave the profession "due to the physical and psychological harms they are experiencing."
The NDP says a plan to address violence in schools should include: Funding to hire additional qualified staff...a single provincewide online reporting system for violent incidents...
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