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Education
KLEES: Good for Toronto ! Now, What About the Rest of the Province? June 6, 2007 (Queen's Park) PC Education Critic Frank Klees welcomed today's announcement that $4 million would be made available to keep some Toronto schools open for the summer, but asked why the rest of the province has been left out. "Making school facilities available for programs throughout the summer months is the right thing to do," said Klees. "What's wrong about this is that, once again, this government is forgetting that the need for summer programs for kids is just as critical outside of Toronto ." click here Klees: McGuinty Progress Report is Fiction Promise Breaker March 20, 2007 EQAO August 2006 "These results, once again, demonstrate the validity of setting a strong curriculum, testing and report cards that allow parents, teachers and students to know exactly what is going on and how students are doing in our education system." Klees. click here EQAO October 2005 Klees commends the work of the EQAO and recognizes the work of principals, teachers and teaching teams. . click here Promise Breaker Minister Wynne Klees June 22, 2005 McGuinty Caps Another Promise Click here Daycare deal may create more portables: Klees Article from York Region News Group The Liberal August 4, 2005 Click here Frank Klees, MPP Editorial in the National Post Sept 16, 2005 McGuinty Dumbs Down Education click here Results from the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003 "Our grade 8 students have moved into the top ten internationally in both Math and Science, with Singapore and Korea" said Klees. Dec 2004 NR How many students are attending public school? 2,120,000 students which includes 650,000 in the separate school board. Promiser Breaker Minister Wynne Fees for after-school tutoring: Jan 22, 2007
100 new schools : Education announcement adds up to $930 Million deception Deficits faced by School Boards:
Autism in the Provincial Budget Klees, May 17, 2005 Statement Rural Schools Where is the money for rural schools MPP Klees asks Jan 2005 more The Bargaining Process
"Learning to 18" Bill 52 Nov 3, 2006 Following weeks of attack over its intention to suspend driver licences of students who drop out of school, the McGuinty government has backed down. ..details Klees Aug 29, 2006 called on the McGuinty government to withdraw what he calls "legislation that is punitive, ill-conceived and will prove to be counter-productive". Promise Breaker Minister Wynne Bullying The Minister of Education still refuses to meet with the Lions Club
Klees calls on the Minister to ensure that teachers who are found guilty of viewing child pornography do not teach ever in the classrooms in this province. Oct 2005 -April 06 view Appoint a committee to review Safe Schools Act to ensure that any legislation affords all children equal protection July 13, 2005 Click here
Klees Calls On Premier to Keep Autism Promise Frank Klees, MPP made the following statement in the Ontario Legislature Click here Anaphylactic Plan Click here Will the funding of teacher salary increases come at the expense of other education envelopes April 14, 2005 ...More Suspensions under the authority of the Safe Schools Act and special needs students. Klees grilled Education Minister Gerard Kennedy during Estimates Committee Hearings for specific data Nov 2005. . . .more CBC's Making the Grade project Frank Klees introduces Student Bills -getting young people to be interested in politics April 2006 see Private Member Bills MPP Klees, in the legislature, commends Jeremy Patfield for his knowledge of current events click here Doncrest Public School Question: April 6, 2005 "How is the provincial government involved in the providing of services, for example for education?" Mr. Klees: I have received a number of calls from Grade 4 students at Doncrest Public School in Richmond Hill asking how the provincial government is involved in providing services to public schools. Here is a summary of the role of the Ministry of Education in Ontario's public school system: In the area of elementary and secondary education , the Ministry of Education determines the broad outlines for education and is responsible for:
Unsafe school bus April 15, 2008 Education Funding Question -follow up regarding student transportation funding.question in full May 5, 2005 Followup May 11, 2005 Teacher qualifying tests April 6,2006 more Government shuts down teacher testing debate Dec 14/04 Click here
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Youth Apprenticeship SPECIAL ED debate returns to haunt Ontario article by Ian Urquhart in the Toronto Star Nov 9th, 2005
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