A union which represents education workers in Ontario has called on the province to employ more support staff to help students and tackle the recent rise in violence in and around schools.
Laura Walton, the president of the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OBSCU) at the Canadian Union of Public Employees said trained and available mental health workers as well as teaching assistants should be present on-site in each school to support students that are struggling.
Walton says she is highly concerned the problem of school violence issue will become worse in the coming weeks and months and urgent action must be taken to tackle it.
The government of Ontario didn’t respond to a comment request instantly.
Recently, a school outreach worker was injured in a shooting during a fight at Toronto’s East York Alternative Secondary School.
The Toronto District School Board has revealed it would take extra steps to ensure safety at its schools by establishing a student engagement and safety team at every high school and an audit team to collaborate with schools to ensure safety policies and procedures are followed.
The decision was made after a rash of school violence including a fatal shooting that occurred outside a school on October 31 and a stabbing that occurred inside another school in November that left a student with deadly injuries.
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