The Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) has reportedly issued layoff notices to nearly 100 full-time and part-time secondary school teachers on April 16, 2026. (CollingwoodToday)
“The important work [teachers] are doing to support their students every single day makes it all the more heartbreaking when they are told they are no longer needed. The system needs them. Your kids need them,” Jen Hare, president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) in Simcoe County, said in a news release.
“This [provincial] government has chosen not to provide the necessary funding.”
SCDSB trustees were told in March that a workforce reduction was likely due to declining enrolment at the board.
This page explains:
Important: This guide applies to non-unionized employees at the SCDSB, which is a provincially regulated employer. If you’re unionized, only your union can represent you.
For non-unionized SCDSB employees, a layoff is almost always treated as a termination without cause, even if the following language is used:
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