What to know
- Toronto educators, parents, and community members will rally outside the TDSB offices in support of Bowmore Road Junior and Senior Public School teachers who were recently fired or suspended.
- The rally, organized by the Elementary Teachers of Toronto alongside parents and labour allies, takes place Tuesday, Feb. 3, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at 5050 Yonge Street.
- Ten Grade 7 and 8 teachers have now been disciplined or terminated, disrupting the homeroom classes of more than 200 students and removing an entire middle-school teaching team.
- Organizers call the actions unprecedented and say they reflect a broader crisis at the TDSB under provincial supervision, marked by punitive decision-making and a lack of transparency.
Toronto educators, parents, and community members will rally outside of TDSB offices on Tuesday in support of a local east-end school where eight teachers were suspended.
The rally for the teachers of Bowmore Road Junior and Senior Public School is organized by the Elementary Teachers of Toronto (ETT), alongside parents, the Toronto & York Region Labour Council, and public education supporters, and will take place at the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) offices on 5050 Yonge Street from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Join if you can: Rally to Support Bowmore Teachers and School Community
— TYR Labour Council (@torontolabour) February 2, 2026
Where: TDSB HQ, 5050 Yonge St
When: Tues, Feb 3, 4:30pm
What: Rally in solidarity with the Bowmore School community.
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According to the ETT, the TDSB fired two Bowmore teachers about two weeks ago. But on Jan. 29, an additional eight teachers were suspended without pay. In total, ten educators, who all teach Grade 7 and 8 classes, have now been disciplined or terminated, affecting the homeroom classes of more than 200 students.
“The Board has significantly disrupted the learning of hundreds of students; and these beloved Teachers want nothing more than to get back to their classrooms and teach their students,” the ETT said in an advisory online.
In recent weeks, Bowmore has also lost its principal and vice-principal under unclear circumstances.
The ETT called the act “unprecedented,” and says the decision reflects a crisis within the TDSB, which is now under provincial supervision. Educators point to increased class sizes, cuts to special education supports, a lack of transparency in decision-making, and an escalation of punitive measures against staff as deeply damaging to public education.
“Enough is enough,” organizers said online. “What happened to Bowmore could happen to any of us… An injury to one is an injury to all.”
The TDSB has not commented directly on the circumstances at Bowmore, but said it is “committed to ensuring that all our schools are safe places to learn and work,” according to media reports.
“We are actively working to address parents’ concerns, including bringing in additional supports to the school. With regard to questions about staff changes, we are very limited in what we can share about personnel matters for both privacy and legal reasons,” the board said.
Additional information is available on the ETT’s website.
