School Closures Affect The TDSB’s Most Vulnerable Students
Last week, the TDSB released a list of the 60 schools that have already been identified for closure or reorganization. 48 of these 60 are elementary schools. At this point, the Elementary Teachers of Toronto (ETT) has determined that these schools are the most likely to be targeted for closure. Looking closely at these schools, […]
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TDSB enrolment figures excludes adult programs, community groups
With 130 “underutilized” Toronto schools on a list for possible closure, critics say the province’s method for determining whether they are at capacity fails to capture the reality in many of the city’s schools. In response to a demand by the province to address declining enrolment, the Toronto District School Board released a list Wednesday […]
Planners pummel provincial proposal
Municipal planners are warning that proposed changes to how Ontario closes schools — overlooking their community value — fly in the face of what cities are told to create vibrant neighbourhoods. The “significant concerns” raised by the Regional Planning Commissioners of Ontario, voiced in a letter to the province, add more fuel to the growing […]
Province won’t consult boards on school-closure rule changes
The Ministry of Education won’t be giving individual school boards a say on new guidelines that will allow school-closure studies to be done more quickly and with less citizen input. Spokesperson Gary Wheeler said the ministry has already “conducted comprehensive consultations with many of our education partners” on the news rules, which cut the existing […]
Public input essential
“The proposed changes to the Pupil Accommodation Review Guidelines are … dismissive of the people and communities the Ministry of Education, and the Government of Ontario at large, has been elected to serve.” A letter to: Premier of Ontario, Hon. Kathleen Wynne & Minister of Education, Hon. Liz Sandals November 18, 2014 –Reanda Doornink, Near North District School […]
Why Sell Public Assets When You can Rent Them?
Janet Bojti, public education activist and school sales researcher reports: The average school site will sell for a price in the neighbourhood of five to six million dollars. However, long before selling publicly owned school land was all the rage, school boards rented the property when the schools they once housed were no longer […]
They’re Closing My Neighbourhood School?
Since 2008 the Toronto Lands Corporation, has reported on the sale of 60 TDSB properties on behalf of the school board. The TLC is the real estate arm of the TDSB. They’re Closing My Neighbourhood School? Why is the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) closing schools and severing off school yards and selling them off? […]
school closing changes
Major changes coming for school closing process Currently, school boards must undertake a thorough public process when they are considering closing or consolidating schools. Ontario’s Ministry of Education is planning significant changes to the guidelines (see below) for the review process entitled “Accommodation Review” or ARC. The Ministry says that these changes to policy are to “address declining enrolment issues and […]
$500m cut to education budget
Some schools in Ontario will be shut down as the Liberal government makes education funding cuts to help eliminate a $12.5-billion deficit in three years, Education Minister Liz Sandals admitted Tuesday. The planned cuts are included in the government’s 2015-16 education funding guide, which was obtained by the New Democrats and calls for permanent savings […]