Comment 97074

By jonathan (registered) | Posted January 22, 2014 at 18:38:17

There was a resent opinion piece printed in the Toronto Star related to this, and pointing out why it's done. While it was focused on a school closure in Kingston, it made mention of the same goings-on in both Hamilton and Peterborough. Basically, it's like this:

In 2003, the provincial government changed the rules. No longer would new-school construction be taken from the local school board budgets; rather, the funds would come directly from the provincial government. The end result? School boards made the (for them, financially prudent) decision to reduce funding on maintenance, resulting in deteriorating schools that would ultimately need replacing. Win-win for them--less funds siphoned off for maintenance, and free replacements!

Commentary here.

EDIT: On the plus side...it shows we're not alone in this. Which begs the question, if the same thing is going on across the province, why hasn't it been addressed? (also edited b/c this comment box still refuses to accept a single carriage return as a new paragraph)

Comment edited by jonathan on 2014-01-22 18:41:55

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