CSDM teachers organize 'human chain' protests around schools
Organizers cite overcrowding and scaled back services as reasons for the protest
Teachers at 25 schools inMontreal's French-language school board the Commission Scolaire de Montral (CSDM) were joined by parents and students in forming a "human chain" to protest government cuts to education.
The May 1protests,heldbetween 7:30 a.m. and 8 a.m., wereled bySaint-Jean-de-Brbeuf, a primary school in RosemontLa-Petite-Patrie.
Lyne Duhaime, head of the governingboard at the school, cited overcrowding and scaled back services as reasons for the protest.
"In Quebec, primary and secondary education is a fundamental right...However, the current situation threatens this right," Duhaimesaid in a statement.
"We demandadequate and stable funding for the primary and secondary public education systemin Quebec, a rapid and lasting solution to overcrowding in schools and access to professional services for our children and their teachers."
Here is a list of the participating schools:
- 1. Saint-Jean-de-Brbeuf
- 2. Sainte-Ccile
- 3. Saint-Anselme
- 4. Rose-des-vents
- 5. Saint-Pierre-Claver
- 6. Saint-Arsne
- 7. cole Saint-Marc
- 8. Saint-Barthlemy
- 9. Saint-Franois-Solano
- 10. Saint - Ambroise
- 11. Saint-Clment
- 12. Laurier
- 13. Lanaudire
- 14. Charles Bruneau
- 15. Face
- 16. Ste-Bibiane
- 17. Charles-Lemoyne
- 18. Madeleine de Verchres
- 19. Hlne-Boull
- 20. La Mennais
- 21. CPE Harmonie
- 22. cole St-Donat
- 23. Au pied de la montagne
- 24. cole Arc-en-ciel
- 25. cole Espace-jeunesse