My name is Matthew Zaffino (Matt works too!) and I want to serve as your TDSB Ward 2 Trustee. The TDSB is part of my past and my future: I grew up attending 4 different TDSB schools and will be sending my own children to TDSB schools, so I am both familiar and invested in what this board can do.
My goal as a Trustee is to help create strong educational opportunities for this generation and the next. My motivations are personal and patriotic. I get genuinely excited when anyone, but in particular young people, are doing great things and living up to their potential. We also live in a rapidly changing world, and for Toronto, Ontario and Canada to continue to improve their standing, it is imperative that each generation of young people is more capable than the last.
Unfortunately, Ontario test scores have now been on a multi-decade decline, and we have tumbled down global rankings — and I believe we all need to do our part to see this reversed. Schools need to be adequately funded, and all of us — students, educators, parents, and others — need to reestablish high standards based on proven educational principles.
Let's get to work!