Subject: Special Education Service Delivery
Dear Mark:
Thank you very much for the copy of your recent e-mail regarding special education funding in Ontario.
I appreciate your taking the time to share your thoughts on this important issue and would like to thank you for your kind words about my time as Education Minister.
It appears that with the $50 million, not much will change.
I hope you and Logan are doing well.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Witmer, MPP
Kitchener-Waterloo
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To: Sandra Pupatello, Minister of Education, John Tory, Liz Witmer
Subject: Special Education Service Delivery
Good afternoon Minister Pupatello,
I have been reading the electronic copy of the special education report and I have just received your latest press release respecting this issue. The following paragraph caught my eye.
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Beyond today's announcement, the minister recently announced a new approach to special education that would provide $50 million more support for students. The minister also announced reforms that would streamline the way special education programs are delivered, and change our evaluation methods to improve outcomes for the students who deserve our greatest attention.
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If there is a new approach, please explain since nothing has changed, at least as far as my disabled boy Logan can tell. How are you going to streamline service delivery since most boards have a sole source unionized hiring policy that guarantees unionized service delivery only?
Frankly, I'm sick of their threats and demands made by education unions, aren't you?
Here in Hamilton they sign them up (new special education employees), after they are already hired by the board, doubling the costs overnight.
Why are unions allowed to interfere with board hiring policies for special education employees, after the fact, it's a stupid and very expensive proposition to foist on the taxpayer, it should be stopped.
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