Each day this week, public elementary school teachers will hold strikes in different school boards, impacting Toronto on Monday.

And on Tuesday, all Catholic elementary and secondary teachers in Ontario, along with public high school teachers in some boards, including Toronto, will hit the picket line.

Unfortunately for the teachers on the picket line Monday, it’s also one of the coldest days of the year with temperatures falling to -15 Celsius, feeling like -22 C with the wind chill.

Here’s what’s happening across Toronto with the teachers on the picket lines:

At Carleton Village Junior and Senior Sports and Wellness Academy, near St. Clair Avenue West and Davenport Road, about 20 parents set up a table filled with hot coffee, homemade muffins and hand warmers in solidarity with picketing teachers.

“We’ve spent a lot of time talking to parents that you see here, but also parents you don’t see here and the support is here for the teachers,” said parent organizer Rachel Huot.

Parents, who had gathered Sunday to make signs, spent about an hour walking the picket line with teachers, as passersby in cars honked in support.

Parent Sarah Donnelly’s sign read “I’ve Seen Smarter Cabinets at IKEA.” She was with her son who’s in senior kindergarten and another who will be starting school next year.

“We know the job action they’re taking today is to make sure that our children have the best education that they can have,” said Donnelly, a stay-at-home parent.

“They deserve a fair deal and we want the Ford government to give them everything they ask for.

“They deserve fair compensation, they deserve a living wage increase in a city that is very expensive — but they’re not just fighting for that . . . Our children don’t need to be in larger classes than they already are. And they are fighting for support for special needs students.”

Sipping on hot coffee, teacher Paul Grewal said parent support has been remarkable.

“They won’t be placated by this government not coming to the (negotiating) table for more than a month,” he said noting the sides were last in bargaining talks on Dec. 19.

He also questioned the province’s move to reimburse parents financially — up to $60 per student for every day that schools are closed — to help out with childcare.

“Giving parents their own money to placate them for a walkout that they essentially caused really doesn’t make any sense to us.”

NDP education critic Marit Stiles visited a couple of schools in her riding Monday, including Carleton Village.

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“Why I’m here is, I think, the reason why a lot of other parents are out here: To thank the teachers for being out here in the cold and standing up for public education,” said Stiles, who has a daughter in Grade 10.

“Parents and parent councils have really come together to speak up and stand up with education workers. And that solidarity is so important. It sends a really strong message.”

She understands the strike can be inconvenient for a lot of parents, who were scrambling for child care, saying “it’s going to be tough.”

“What I’ve heard, generally, is that people understand that there’s some inconvenience now, but the reason we’re doing it is so that down the road our kids get the supports they need.”