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Aboutfipamntsfiumacmssibrknegionjed up with leadaets‘ withdrawal of extracurrinflar activifies. ma Wedneatay night to vent their urge: and plan how to fly" back. The forum. organizad by the vdufitecr group York Regan Pawn! Amiation, heard moving stories from patents and students abom the loss of after'school whines and. raised some outside-dw-btn ideas to end the labour dispute. The meetmg extended 45 minutes beyond thetwotmursbookedatMaxthmnCityllafland included sum hoard stat! and three trimmers Alan Tam. Cami Chan and iuanila The key message: part-Ms am mad as hell and am. not gumg to lake it anymtm'. W511“. was "I'm getting frustrated by all this.‘ said Farid Wassef, a parent with two children in denmntary school. “I don‘t car? if it's extracur- ficular or not. I just want a umimdum when- we meat:- a generation of children with strung minds and strong bodies. That's what I care about as a patent and a taxpayuv. [don't really cmwintmehounate. Murmansth want to see." like many who expanse-d d‘nmay «we: the pmtest by leathers mm am HS. Mr. Wand saidparentsneedasumlgervoiceindwdb gu’mg to find ourselves. Mnem'vct this contract rum out. rimt back at this what- vwr the next gmemment will be. teaches wfll hr unhappy. M need to have some sort of fair. independent arbitration system to hear from all sides and as opposed to parents being «mad mound like ping-pong balls“ » Many parents expressed confusion over what is voluntary and what is part of a teacher's job. puto Iohn I’flcben. a retired (cachet married to an rlvmvmarv teacher. woke up for his pmfmsion feathers do want to pmvidc vxtrmrurrhnlar ()IK‘ muthcr said she was told teachers at he: school wnuki no km pvt-pau- m main home- work after houn and bet daughtet was am! the task at marking wart of students in lower “I would like someone to tell me what their flueponuihiliflm m m we can at least hold them mumntabke lm that." Angryparents fighting back over loss of extracurriculars IV KIN M32008 kzarzourfiwmg tom actmuea.‘ ' ' hesaid ‘ "Are they gaming pr'PsmP? PnsliiNy. I know teadm now who have m stopped coach- ing They staned in September. “wey're coaching now Tamas know the importance of the connection to studem' Mr. Prickaen. who taught for 24 years at Huron Heights Secondary in Newmket and Alexander Mackenzie and Bayview Secondary in Richmond Hm. said teaches don‘t deny they an: paid well. but are worried about what happens to contracts in 2014 and when a new government isekfled. pmdwteamerunmmmkibackofi.” The group raised several possible sohnionx King parent Rob McDermid suggested par- entspk‘kctwlskieunbnandboatdofi‘wesin Aumm “Allmcanteaflydoismakewhauhey‘re doing have make their working environment a little unpleaam. It's not really a positjwactionbm maybeitwillspeedmings up. maybe it will be a little mm." Mr. McDermjd said parenls a! his child's ele- mentary school are frustrated by madbkxks that ptwem them from teachers have abandoned. "A! our school we're not allowed to. We're tolddmboarduyingtocomeupwithoommn policy and. until“ does. we should wait." He mged parems to talk to school stafl about hmvtovolumcet.askmeboardtospeedup mmoving Mocks and find out how parents a! other schools are handling the situation. In OttawaCarhon. a new policy allows prin- cipals to pmpam a list of activities that an safdy operate with volunu-em In llamflton. a board tumor plans to intro- duce a motion to investigate paying parents or community members a stipend to supervise teams and clubs. similar to the way schools him parents to he lunchmom mm)m “Alotoftimes.nflesamnotashatdandfast as you think' Some school districts on Ontario have come up with cmative somth to salvage extramu- In I a I n. m . | m llllll.‘ GKRIIII |lll3. hmchmom «upcan but cannot run extra- curricular amivilk's withpm teacher supervi- Farmer: Mammary. wsn Wen "If there was a little bit of mmcmem from the Ihe baxgaining pmcessf is “riddled with mis- After 6 pm. outside groups can run spam or dubs in schools. but must fint appiy for a permit and insurance and liability coverage is required. sion. according to board spokesperson In Torontu a school board trustee is mrkmg on a motion that would give parents a break on An an agar who spoke at the meeting said be investigated that option and found it too costly. Ali Wm. 3 Richmond (:men Setondary School student. sugested a difierent option. “What abouth possibility of region-based sports teams? Use community counts so we don‘t rely on teachers.” he said.‘ "If we take the schools completely out of the equation. a lot of the roadblocks would be removed. It would be hand. but possible. "The truth about ChangerVis'yournow:f to be militant abouf' it. As parents. if you want change. you have to be vocal. When we had a mny as students. people listened to us“ a WWI" CENT! Other sugcsdons included asking the school board In subsidize police checks to make it easier for parents to volunteer. sending letters to MP?!» and speaking to teachers one-on-one. A former private school teacher suggested parents pressure to make extracurricular. pan of tcadtercontnctsandmandatoryastheyarein many private schools. Mick association cochairperson and one of the organizers of the parent forum. said the groupwilldetennine if there is short-term action parents can take from the brainsrunned ideas and is developing an e-peu'tion for parents to Garth Thomas. one of the fathers who spoke. agreed. Gmwing up in 'lhomhill as a student who struwed with academics. he believes he was sawd because cxlracurrimlars were mandar mry at his‘privaw school and he worries about public school students who miss that safety net. ’lhe passionate voices bean! Wednesday shuw parents have had enough. he said. “The time hm come for harsher. outside-the box ways to gm the nmsagc across to gavem~ men! and teachers. lhcy need to know wc'n- serious about this." Earlicr’this fall. Hill high school stu- dent Ali Tnghva (far Icft) rallied students at hi: school to protest loss of m- riculam He was among those at a parent forum this ISERIES togetsponstnms 905-305-7469 www.mrkimndm.ca _bnum ‘ [W0 ' v t v I .H . mfihfi