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From Kindergarten to University: What to Keep an Eye on in Bill 33 (Part 2)

ETFO Waterloo Region President Jeff Pelich joins us for part two of "From Kindergarten to University: What To Keep an Eye On in Bill 33".

Additional resources:

Repair Our Schools press conference, full video:

https://youtu.be/es_gqHgMXfI

Press conference news coverage:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/parents-custodians-teachers-asking-province-to-fix-schools-in-disrepair-across-waterloo-region-1.7634398

Repair Our Schools" petition:

www.etfowr.ca/repairourschools

ETFO Building Better Schools Bill 33 campaign:

https://www.buildingbetterschools.ca/bill33

Ontario Autism Coalition opposing school board changes:

https://yourthunderbay.ca/ontario-autism-coalition-opposing-school-board-changes/

"Cutting trustees is like cutting kids out of special education":

https://educationnewscanada.com/article/education/level/k12/3/1158148/cutting-trustees-means-cutting-kids-out-of-special-education.html

WRDSB apologizes for SRO program:

https://www.wrdsb.ca/blog/2021/07/27/wrdsb-apologizes-for-harms-caused-by-the-sro-program/

WRDSB final report re: SRO program:

https://www.wrdsb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021-06-21-COW-Package.pdf (p 182)

https://www.policingfreeschools.ca/

Fund Our Schools presents: What do School Trustees Actually Do?:

https://www.facebook.com/LabourCouncil/videos/830040289475760/

What do we lose by having no more trustees?:

youtube.com/shorts/wbenlrh7ook

OFL Bill 33 Lobby kit:

https://ofl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025.08.13-LOBBYKIT.pdf

https://www.labourcouncil.ca/fund-our-schools/

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