The Waterloo Region District School Board says it has issued layoff notices to 106 teachers. (Carmen Groleau/CBC - image credit)The Waterloo Region District School Board has given surplus notices to 106 teachers. The teachers were "declared surplus" on Thursday and Jeff Pelich, president of the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) Waterloo Region, said it's because the Ministry of Education has not yet released its education funding for the 2024-25 school year. Pelich said while some of the teachers will return to the classroom in the fall, "it's naive to assume that it will be business as usual for our school board." "We have provided the Waterloo Region District School Board with $830 million for the upcoming 2024-25 school year, a $24 million increase from this year.
