‘A safety issue’: Parents say vulnerable children starting school year without adequate supports

Disappointment and frustration as parents of medically fragile children say they’re unable to safely send their kids to school due to a lack of both support staff and funding.

One parent tells CityNews this year, with the Toronto District School Board now under the Ford government’s supervision, has been particularly awful.

Almost two weeks into the school year, Charlotte Schwartz’s 14-year-old son, Isiah, still doesn’t have a permanent bus route. Isiah has a rare disease that caused brain damage when he was an infant, resulting in developmental delays.

“Before, I could just blame the board, but now the province has so graciously stepped in to manage everything and look at the job that they’ve done with it so far. That feels like a joke,” says Schwartz. “You wouldn’t send your three or