Author: Runnymede Home & School Association

Thank You for Your Generous Support in 2011-2012

The School Council wishes to thank everyone in the Runnymede community who helped us raise more than $65,000 this year. In every case, our fundraising events and efforts brought in more money than forecasted for the year. These included:

  • The Spring Thaw Art Show and FUNdraiser raised more than $4,000
  • Pub Night and Silent Auction doubled our expectations, bringing in almost $11,000
  • You sent in more than $30,000 directly to our donation-only drive!

We are absolutely thrilled to have this level of support from our community, allowing us to give back to the school more than ever before. Please visit our Where the Money Goes page to find out about the amazing ways that your money is being put to good use for the benefit of our children.

2012-2013 TDSB Budget

Please read the attached document for information about the final approved TDSB 2012-2013 budget and how it affects us in Ward 7.

At Runnymede, because we only half-day kindergarten programs, we will unfortunately lose all of our Educational Assistants (EAs) in 2012/13 from the JK/SK Kindergarten classrooms where English is the language of instruction. [The province provides funding for EAs in full-day, but not half-day, kindergarten classrooms. In the past the TDSB found the resources to do so, but this line-item was cut from the 2012-13 budget.]

While the province does pay for EAs to support language instruction in FI-kindergarten classrooms, there is a shortfall here too. Runnymede PS will have 3 half-day SK-FI classrooms of students in 2012-13, but EA staffing will be reduced to only cover 2 classrooms.