Students sent in the video included in this CHCH report on an Ancaster high school roof leak from February 15, 2018. The video clearly illustrates how $15.9-billion of disrepair in Ontario’s schools translates into the day-to-day reality for too many children in this province.
The major roof leak resulted in 37 garbage cans filled with brown liquid lining one hallway in the building. In addition, seven classrooms were closed.
The Hamilton Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) said that some of those seven classrooms have asbestos and that, while the asbestos hasn’t been moved at all, the possibility for problems with asbestos disturbance led them to close those classrooms. The Superintendent said there was no concern for the school’s structural integrity and that no mould was found in testing.
Unfortunately, countless schools across the province experience roof leaks every day and repairs are only done reactively rather than proactively since provincial funding has been so grossly inadequate for so long.