At Tomken Road Middle School in Mississauga, Ont., in the suburbs west of Toronto, the last day of school on Friday cannot come soon enough.
The school of 900 or so students in grades 6, 7 and 8 (aged 11 to 14) is in crisis, not only because of uncorrected misbehaviour by students that puts safety at risk and undermines every student’s education, but also because of bitter acrimony between teachers and board administration about how to respond.
