Board warns of nutrition cuts
Catholic parents have been put on notice that their child鱿鱼视频app breakfast is under threat from provincial budget cuts.
TCDSB set to become bottled water free (again)
The Toronto Catholic District School Board has reaffirmed a motion to make all schools 鈥渂ottled water free zones鈥 by September 2012.
鈥淲e鈥檙e the largest organization to ever tackle this in the country,鈥 said trustee Maria Rizzo, who put the motion forward on behalf of all the board鱿鱼视频app students. 鈥淭he TCDSB became a leader for social justice and the environment. Water is God鱿鱼视频app gift to the planet and you shouldn鈥檛 sell it like a pair of sneakers. It鱿鱼视频app as ludicrous as bottling air and selling it.鈥
Toronto budget cuts threaten school breakfast programs
TORONTO - Close to 7,000 Catholic elementary students could lose their breakfast program if proposed City of Toronto budget cuts are passed, says Trustee Maria Rizzo.
Without the breakfast program, kids will be going to school hungry, she said, and would be detrimental to student learning.
鈥淚 hope (Mayor) Rob Ford can make sure they'll give them a little bit of gravy,鈥 Rizzo told The Catholic Register.