>Free meals expanded to nearly every school in Surrey through ‘desperately needed’ program
“The number of schools and students needing food support across the Surrey school district has doubled since 2024. Across the district, 115 schools provide lunch to students in need, up from 57 in 2024, a report from the district states.”
For more information on the need for universal healthy school food programs see:
BC Chapter of the Coalition for Healthy School Food
Coalition for Healthy School Food (Canada)
IPE/BC Submission to the Federal Budget Consultation 2024

Parents urge Ontario government to reinstate TDSB class size cap for grades 4-8
“Rohit Gupta, a provincially appointed supervisor of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), has lifted the cap on class sizes that was put in place by trustees for 2025-2026 school year.”
For more information on the importance of democratically-elected, local school boards see:
Do School Board elections matter?
Why do School Boards matter?
BC’s School Boards matter, but only if they act like it
IPE/BC statement on the firing of the democratically elected Greater Victoria School Board