The latest casualty of the work-to-rule campaign by Ontario's teachers is report cards.
The Greater Essex County District School Board confirmed on its website Wednesday afternoon that it will not be issuing report cards for elementary school students this term.
"As a result of the on-going provincial contract negotiations and legal strike action involving the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Kindergarten Communication of Learning and Term One Report Cards will not be issued for elementary students," read the statement.
On Tuesday, the Toronto District School Board, Peel District School Board, and Hastings and Prince Edward District School Boards had announced it will not produce reports.
For secondary school students at the GECDSB, report cards will go out, but with just a letter grade and no comments.
The Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board will send home report cards, along with a letter explaining why they do not include teacher comments. The report will include letter grades or percentages for each class.
Meanwhile, contract talks between provincial negotiators and teachers' unions still appear no closer to a resolution.
"Yet again, teacher union leaders are risking student success and preventing parents from seeing valuable information about their child's performance in class," said Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce, in a statement on Tuesday. "It underscores our government's insistence that teacher unions cancel these strikes that are hurting our kids."
Last week, Premier Doug Ford doubled down that his government is not prepared to give teachers a two per cent wage increase, but at least one union continues to insist the dispute is not about pay.
"I am concerned at the amount of disinformation that Minister Lecce is saying to the public through the media and social media," wrote Sam Hammond, ETFO president. "Either he is misinformed about what has taken place during contract talks or he is purposely sharing inaccurate information to cover up the continuing cuts he wants to make to public education. There has been very little discussion about educator wages despite Minister Lecce's pronouncements that our strike action is about money."
Teachers' unions insist the sticking points in talks are class sizes, the lack of supports for children with special needs, violence in the classroom, and for high school students, plans to mandate e-learning.
While the province said it compromised on the issue of class sizes, the unions insist the movement was not enough to address their concerns.
-With files from Adelle Loiselle