Actionable: Your letters made it to the Ontario Legislature!

Our letter was read at the Ontario Legislature by MPP Lisa Gretzky on Tuesday evening! Fix Our Schools subscribers have made an impact by sending over 90 letters to Premier Wynne, Minister Sandals and the TDSB Governance Panel. And there is still time to make more of an impact...

If you haven't yet sent this letter urging Kathleen Wynne's government to find funding solutions to fix our schools, please write today! Simply click here, add your name and address, insert your MPP's email and hit send.

The TDSB Governance Panel is finishing up its consultations and moving to formulating its recommendations so now is the perfect time to send a letter to ensure the urgent issues of funding and repairs are considered. If you'd like to do more, consider working with us to set up a meeting with your local MPP. Contact us for more information and support.

Notable: Did you know?

The TDSB will receive $74.9-million from the Province this year to fix its schools. With a $3.3-billion backlog of repairs, this is only 2.27% of the money required to make all the necessary repairs in our children's schools.

This is like having a $1000 problem and only having $22.70 to fix the problem. No matter how efficient you are with that $22.70, you won't be able to fix much of the problem.

So when you are frustrated with disrepair in your child's school, please let your MPP, Minister Sandals and Premier Wynne know that you expect them to find funding solutions to fix our schools! Of course cc: your Principal but Principals ought to be curriculum leaders for their schools - not project managers for repairs. They're likely as frustrated as you are with the state of disrepair in the school and would appreciate you escalating the issue to the Province, which is responsible for funding public education in Ontario.

What's Up: Of interest to Fix Our Schools subscribers

TDSB Trustees have made a submission to the TDSB Governance Panel. Our campaign and the issue of disrepair in our children's schools is highlighted. Great to note that Trustees are listening to parent concerns. Will the provincial government and the panel it appointed to examine TDSB Governance also start listening?

Please share items of potential interest to other Fix Our Schools subscribers, questions or suggestions.

Thanks for helping Fix Our Schools,

Krista Wylie

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