Toronto District School Board is apparently quite unclear about how to provide elementary kids with a graduation ceremony this year. Teachers are on a boycott of extra-curricular duties — either militantly or per force — and that leaves only the possibly of recruiting parents for the job. The school board also says that a staff member — teacher or other — has to be present for the ceremony for legal reasons. The board spokesman Ryan Bird is quoted in the Star as saying the board cannot guarantee there will be graduation ceremonies. Here in South Bayview its known that teachers range between “solidarity” union members to those who would much prefer to participate in these important rites of passage for children leaving elementary school.
