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May 12, 2019

Board warns of nutrition cuts

Board warns of nutrition cuts

Catholic parents have been put on notice that their child’s breakfast is under threat from provincial budget cuts.

Published in Canada
April 25, 2012

TCDSB set to become bottled water free (again)

Students from Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts hold their pirate ship made from plastic water bottles during a rally held on Bottled Water-Free Day at the Catholic Education Centre in March 2011.

The Toronto Catholic District School Board has reaffirmed a motion to make all schools “bottled water free zones” by September 2012.

“We’re the largest organization to ever tackle this in the country,” said trustee Maria Rizzo, who put the motion forward on behalf of all the board’s students.  “The TCDSB became a leader for social justice and the environment. Water is God’s gift to the planet and you shouldn’t sell it like a pair of sneakers. It’s as ludicrous as bottling air and selling it.”

Published in Youth Speak News
December 8, 2011

Toronto budget cuts threaten school breakfast programs

Proposed City of Toronto 2012 budget cuts would affect 58 of 685 student-nutrition programs at Toronto public and Catholic schools

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.

“I hope (Mayor) Rob Ford can make sure they'll give them a little bit of gravy,” Rizzo told The Catholic Register.

Published in Education