This afternoon, the TDSB released the Final Report on School Safety from the School Community Safety Advisory Panel. We commissioned the report in early June 2007, with the goal of understanding the events leading up to the tragic death of student Jordan Manners at CW Jefferys CI last May.
We want to express our sincerest thanks to our students, school staff, parents and members of the broader community for courageously and honestly sharing their views and supporting this process through their participation.
We welcome this report, which provides insight on important issues that will help us enhance our culture of trust and openness. It will guide us in improving our accountability and our reporting processes so that we can make our schools the safest, fairest learning environments they can be.
The Toronto District School Board has a mission statement that is simple and clear: 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. That is our goal and we will not be satisfied with anything less.
We have great confidence in the ability of our staff to guide and support our students. The TDSB is home to wonderful, caring people who put their souls into their work. Every day, our principals, vice principals, teachers and support staff work with students to give them hope and optimism.
As we have demonstrated throughout this precedent-setting process, we will continue to be completely accountable and open with the public and with our staff as we move forward. Regular updates on our website and through the media will ensure that our staff, students, parents, and communities remain confident in the work that we are doing every day to support every single one of our students.
Yours truly,
John Campbell, Chair of the Board
Gerry Connelly, Director of Education
Final Report on School Safety:
SCSAP Executive Summary
(269K 1/10/2008)
SCSAP Volume 1: Introduction; Historical Overview; Current Health Check (pages 1 to 165) (631K 1/10/2008)
SCSAP Volume 2: Current Health Check (cont.) (pages 166 to 370) (1764K 1/10/2008)
SCSAP Volume 3: Current Health Check (cont.); Blueprint for Change (pages 371 to 572) (843K 1/10/2008)
SCSAP Volume 4: Conclusions; Recommendations; Appendices (pages 573 to 595) (2425K 1/10/2008)
Read the media release
Read the Interim Status Report