Elementary school students with the Peel District School Board will not be receiving final grades this year and instead will go home with a letter simply indicating whether they passed or failed.

The Ministry of Education has been warning that elementary students in larger public schools may not receive report cards later this month due to ongoing work-to-rule action by teachers and and on Wednesday the PDSB confirmed that the 112,000 students in its schools will instead be given placement letters.

The decision not to provide letter grades is due to the fact that teachers have refused to provide comments for report cards or prepare the documents themselves, leaving the board with insufficient resources to input the data.

The Toronto District School Board is expected to decide tonight whether it will take similar action.

“As a board, our production of report cards for over 112,000 elementary students relies on the inputting of data by teachers. To try to have others—like 350 principals and vice-principals—take on the work of almost 5,000 classroom teachers is an impossible task,” PDSB Director of Education Tony Pontes said in a press release. “Unfortunately, after exploring every possible solution, the Peel board is unable to provide parents and guardians with report cards for elementary students this June."

The Peel District School Board said that it did look into hiring additional staff to input the estimated three million pieces of data required to print report cards for all students but was unable to cover the $1 million cost itself and was not granted extra funding by the province.

According to the board, the placement letter that will be issued instead of a report card on June 22 will include a full explanation about the replacement of report cards, information about the grade placement of the student for next year and information about “attendance and tardiness.”

“We know how important the report card is to parents and to students—it is a reflection of the work completed throughout the year, and the marks, learning skills and teacher comments are valued,” Pontes said in the press release. “At the same time, the final report card should contain no surprises. It is not the sole nor is it the most important piece of achievement data we have for students. It is another update on progress.”

Elementary school teachers across Ontario began job action on May 11.

As part of their work-to-rule campaign, the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario says that teachers are not participating in Ministry of Education meetings, workshops or meetings with principals. Teachers are also not administering standardized tests or booking field trips for the 2015-2016 school year.

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