"The TCDSB's international languages (IL) program was started at the board about 50 years ago, and initially offered foreign language instruction on weekends only. By 2019, the program had expanded to 44 TCDSB elementary schools, each of which offered lessons during the school day in either Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Filipino, Ukrainian or Mandarin. Because the language lessons were integrated into the school day rather than offered after hours and on Saturdays, as is the case at all other Ontario school boards some parents worried that they were cutting into more t"
A Toronto Catholic school board trustee is campaigning to convince the provincial government to reinstate the board’s soon-to-be-cancelled international languages program. The provincial education ministry announced the program would be removed from the daily curriculum, citing a violation of the provincial Education Act because international languages are not listed among courses that can be taught during the standard 300-minute school day. The cancellation will eliminate about 77 teaching jobs in September. The program costs about $6 million annually, paid by the school board and the province provides no funding. The program has operated for about 50 years and expanded to 44 elementary schools offering instruction in multiple languages during the school day, raising concerns among some parents about lost learning time.
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