Toronto Star

Liberals should do their homework

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ReWebsite to monitor size of classes Sept. 7.

This week, the Liberals proudly announced a website to demonstrat­e their progress on reduced classroom sizes for public schools. Coincident­ly, my 5year-old started his Grade 1 Class at Vista Heights Public School with 36 other students in his class and one teacher.

At the same school, there are at least three other Grade 1 classes with student- to- teacher ratios of 35 or more. Is this the progress the Dalton McGuinty government is so eager to show? It looks as if it should do a bit more homework before bragging about keeping election promises. So far, I’d give it an F. Tim Irwin, Mississaug­a

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