The TDSB is in the name of equity, bringing down everyone to the lowest common denominator.

Some examples:

1. They want to seize funds raised by individual schools into a pool to be equally distributed among all schools. This means that parents can no longer directly contribute to their children's schools. The result will be less donated funds.

2. They want to discontinue "specialized" programs like gifted programs, french immersion, international baccalaureate (which have a track record of very high reading and writing scores), arts programs and replace them with a common core -- despite the fact that many of these programs are working extraordinarly well as measured by test scores. The result of eliminating these programs will undoubtedly be lower student achievement. 

Many of these programs have children with varying family incomes.

Instead of eliminating these jewels, we should embrace them and make them more widely available!