On September 19, 2016, Fix Our Schools sent this letter to Premier Wynne and Education Minister asking the their government please:
- Explore and implement funding solutions such as issuing provincial bonds to immediately address the $15-billion repair backlog in schools.
- Work with school boards to develop measurable goals for what school conditions in Ontario ought to be; and plans/timelines for how those goals will be achieved.
- Release disrepair data at regular intervals to ensure that the $15-billion repair backlog is decreasing; and not continuing to increase.
- Include school conditions as a key part of your party’s provincial campaign platform.
On October 24, 2016, Fix Our Schools received this reponse_letter from Education Minister Hunter. Although no direct response was received to three out of four of our requests, Minister Hunter did commit to ongoing transparency about the conditions of schools in Ontario, committing to continuing to release the condition and renewal needs of schools in this province. We are optimistic this will be at least yearly and will follow up with Minister Hunter to clarify her commitment.