James Price was a builder; his presence as the only trustee from more humble roots speaks to the composition of the Toronto Public School Board in this era.

However, the Toronto Public School Board provided scholarships for the top achieving boys to attend these all-male institutions.

Opened in 1892, the Alexandra School for Girls was located to the east of the then-bounds of the City of Toronto in Scarborough to the north of the intersection of present-day Blantyre Ave and Kingston Rd.

[47] Its head office was located at the former York Mills Public School site on Campbell Crescent (built 1956 and demolished 2004).

[55] The school board's organizational mission is "to enable all students to reach high levels of achievement and to acquire the knowledge, skills, and values they need to become responsible members of a democratic society.

Issues of concern were police patrols of TDSB schools, and the disproportionate number of black students being suspended and being placed into non-academic educational streams.

With cases began to gradually decline, the Ministry of Education announced a reopening plan for all the school boards including the TDSB with strict health protocols in place.

The provincial government argued that the appointment was necessary, as the TDSB had not submitted a budget to the Ontario Minister of Education as legally required.

"[90] The report showed "high costs of repairs, lots of workers and spotty results, and managerial "silos" that made it hard for principals to figure out whom to approach to get a job done.

[90] Eighty percent of principals didn't believe the maintenance and construction division delivered good value for the money[90] TDSB director Chris Spence "To use a football analogy, we are trying to move the yardstick.

[95] Employees of the school board visited bars, bought groceries and filled the gas tanks of their cars using "public money" and while on the job.

[97] A government spokesperson stated that Education Minister Laurel Broten decision to retain the Trade Council's services "nothing to do with politics.

The suit claimed that 27,000 special needs students were discriminated against on the basis of their disabilities because they were sent home during the month-long strike while the schools stayed open for their able-bodied counterparts.

In 2005, controversy erupted when the TDSB's board chair Sheila Ward and executive officer of student and community equity, Lloyd McKell, spoke in favour of "Black-focused schools".

[107] However, in May 2019, the TDSB placed two administrators of Glenview Senior Public School on leave following accusations of racist bullying involving two pupils in which a white boy allegedly punched a black girl in the face two months prior.

[109][110] Wade Vroom, a teacher at Delta alternative school, was temporarily put on paid leave after having used explicit sex education brochures designed for gay bars and bathhouses in the classroom.

[113] A number of violent encounters and tragedies have sparked growing concern, raising doubts on the ability of the TDSB to provide a safe educational environment.

[116] The first incidents of violence directly affecting a TDSB secondary school occurred in 2007, when Jordan Manners, a 15-year-old student, was shot and killed in the hallway of C.W.

[119] A similar incident also took place on September 16, 2008, when a 16-year-old boy was shot in the chest in the parking lot of Bendale Business and Technical Institute following an altercation involving several people.

The next day, Toronto Police announced it had made two arrests in the case; 18-year-old Mark Deicsics, was charged with armed robbery.

[121] The incident prompted authorities to lockdown not only Bendale, but three other nearby schools, including (David and Mary Thomson Collegiate Institute) for almost three hours.

[124] As a response, the TDSB sent out a press release on October 20, 2014, it listed and reviewed the facts surrounding the events leading up to and after the reported incident.

In it they stated they would appoint a steering team to examine the circumstances pertaining to the occurrence and assess both the system and crisis response procedures.

There are calls for the re-establishment of the School Resource Officer program, introduced in 2008 and was eliminated in 2017 under pressure from the Black Lives Matter activists.

These surveys are used to make informed planning decisions about programs to help prevent bullying and promote a safe and inclusive school environment.

The prayer services lasted 30 to 40 minutes, and were led by an Imam from a nearby mosque, though later this was changed to a student-led format to stem criticisms.

Closer investigation, though, (or any at all) makes clear that the CHA is no critic, but one, a vehemently anti-Islamic organization; and two, despite its name, an embarrassment to Canadian pluralism.

[135] Sandals commented about the report: "The culture of fear, which may have started at the upper levels of the board, is getting dangerously close to the classroom...we have to stop that.

[138]The superintendent, Helen Fisher, expressed concerns about book-club events featuring Marie Henein and Nadia Murad, a Nobel Prize laureate and activist.

Fisher indicated that students would not participate in the event, citing concerns that Murad's book, The Last Girl, would potentially foster Islamophobia.