Monthly Archives: August 2018

MPP Bell: $271.5-M of School Disrepair in University-Rosedale

August 30, 2018

Dear MPP Bell,

In 2018 MPP Bell signed the Fix Our Schools Pledge to create a Standard of Good Repair for Ontario schools

Thank you for raising awareness in Queen’s Park about how disrepair in schools impacts students. As well, we commend you for signing the Fix Our Schools Pledge during the election, and making the personal commitment to ensure all Ontario’s schools are safe, healthy, well-maintained buildings that provide environments conducive to learning and working.

We wanted to share the following details of disrepair each school in your riding:

Total disrepair in each publicly funded school in University-Rosedale:

ÉÉP PierreElliotTrudeau	$4,402,203
Msgr. Fraser College Annex Campus (former St. Peter)	$4,497,150
Our Lady of Perpetual Help CS	$3,704,603
Pope Francis	$2,512,090
St Francis of Assisi	$1,113,920
St Josephs College S	$12,394,575
St Raymond CS	$7,730,301
Beverley School	$4,080,603
Central Technical School	$54,103,662
Central Toronto Academy	$21,373,585
Clinton Street Jr PS	$9,342,507
Essex Jr & Sr PS	$13,657,959
General Brock PS	$4,094,925
Harbord CI	$21,702,331
Heydon Park SS	$2,274,054
Huron Street Jr PS	$8,291,760
Jesse Ketchum Jr & Sr PS	$15,026,044
Kensington CS	$4,423,894
King Edward Jr & Sr PS	$8,976,434
Lord Lansdowne Jr & Sr PS	$8,152,416
Montrose Jr PS	$8,301,232
Niagara Street Jr PS	$4,661,050
Orde Street PS	$8,218,651
Palmerston Ave Jr PS	$6,926,640
Palmerston Ave Jr PS Annex	$2,893,590
Rosedale Jr PS	$2,981,367
West End Alt School	$15,128,631
Whitney Jr PS	$6,604,522
ÉÉC du SacréCoeur Toronto	$3,959,045

School conditions matter. They impact student learning, attendance, and health.

We ask that you continue to work to ensure the provincial government prioritizes schools as critical infrastructure and takes the steps necessary to ensure that the $15.9-billion of disrepair in all of Ontario’s publicly funded schools is eliminated and that schools are safe, healthy, well-maintained buildings that provide environments conducive to learning and working.

MPP Morrison: $127.5-M of School Disrepair in Toronto-Centre

August 30, 2018

Dear MPP Morrison,

In 2018 MPP Morrison signed the Fix Our Schools Pledge to create a Standard of Good Repair for Ontario schools

Did you know there is $127.5-million of disrepair in the publicly funded schools in your riding of Toronto-Centre? We commend you for signing the Fix Our Schools Pledge during the election, and making the personal commitment to ensure all Ontario’s schools are safe, healthy, well-maintained buildings that provide environments conducive to learning and working.

We wanted to share the following details of disrepair each school in your riding in the hope that this detailed information would underscore the importance of developing standards of good repair for Ontario schools and also the importance of providing the adequate, stable provincial funding to school boards required for them to meet those new standards and eliminate the $15.9-billion repair backlog that plagues Ontario’s schools.

Total disrepair in each publicly funded school in Toronto-Centre:

ÉÉP GabrielleRoy	$6,931,250
ÉSP Collège francais	$10,766,710
Msgr Fraser College (Toronto Campus)	$3,866,978
Msgr. Fraser College St Martin	$5,537,700
Msgr. Fraser College IsabellaNorth	$2,756,331
Our Lady of Lourdes	$409,500
St Michael’s Choir S (Elem) (Leased frm RCEC)	$1,648,201
St Michael’s Choir S (Sec) (Leased frm RCEC)	$6,926,824
St Paul CS	$4,284,495
Church Street Jr PS	$5,010,618
Inglenook CS	$1,994,771
Jarvis CI	$29,326,820
Lord Dufferin Jr & Sr PS	$476,015
Nelson Mandela Park PS	$2,249,100
Rose Avenue Jr PS	$7,500,885
Rosedale Heights School of the Arts	$22,187,476
Sprucecourt PS	$6,002,936
Winchester Jr & Sr PS	$5,357,086
Winchester Jr & Sr PS Annex	$4,303,845

School conditions matter. They impact student learning, attendance, and health.

We ask that you work to ensure the provincial government prioritizes schools as critical infrastructure and takes the steps necessary to ensure that the $15.9-billion of disrepair in all of Ontario’s publicly funded schools is eliminated and that schools are safe, healthy, well-maintained buildings that provide environments conducive to learning and working. We look forward to hearing back from you with details on your plan to Fix Ontario’s Schools, especially given that you signed the Fix Our Schools Pledge during the election.

PLEASE NOTE: Fix Our Schools is relying on the most recent disrepair data provided by the Ministry of Education in Fall 2017 and has mapped postal codes provided by the Ministry for each school to riding postal code information from a third party. Therefore, it is possible that there may be small errors in the data provided here and we would be grateful if community members would contact us with any errors.

MPP Calandra: $33.6-M of Disrepair in Markham-Stouffville Schools

August 30, 2018

Dear MPP Calandra,

Did you know there is $33.6-million of disrepair in the publicly funded schools in your riding of Markham-Stouffville? We wanted to share the following details of disrepair in each school in your riding in the hope that this detailed information would underscore the importance of developing standards of good repair for Ontario schools and also the importance of providing the adequate, stable provincial funding to school boards required for them to meet those new standards and eliminate the $15.9-billion repair backlog that plagues Ontario’s schools:

Total disrepair in each publicly funded school in Markham-Stouffville:

St. Brigid CES	$67,897
St. Brother Andre CHS	$5,250,585
St. Edward CES	$2,063,934
St. Julia Billiart CES	$21,000
St. Kateri Tekakwitha CES	$854,932
St. Mark CES	$2,186,540
St. Patrick (Markham) CES	$2,949,215
Cornell Village PS	$186,224
David Suzuki PS	$20,280
E T Crowle PS	$1,089,700
Franklin Street PS	$1,538,745
Glad Park PS	$872,547
Greensborough PS	$250,400
Harry Bowes PS	$20,280
James Robinson PS	$2,803,665
Legacy PS	$750,000
Little Rouge PS	$80,100
Markham DHS	$259,100
Markville SS	$2,400,657
Mount Joy PS	$196,000
Oscar Peterson PS	$20,280
Ramer Wood PS	$1,122,600
Reesor Park PS	$2,428,834
Roy H Crosby PS	$2,057,050
Sam Chapman PS	$54,100

School conditions matter. They impact student learning, attendance, and health.

We ask that you and your government please prioritize schools as critical infrastructure and take the steps necessary to ensure that the disrepair in all of Ontario’s publicly funded schools is eliminated and that schools are safe, healthy, well-maintained buildings that provide environments conducive to learning and working. We look forward to hearing back from you with details on your plan to Fix Ontario’s Schools.

MPP McKenna: $177.1-M of Disrepair in Burlington Schools

August 21, 2018

Dear MPP McKenna,

In 2018 MPP McKenna signed the Fix Our Schools Pledge to create a Standard of Good Repair for Ontario schools

Did you know there is $177.1-million of disrepair in the publicly funded schools in your riding of Burlington? We commend you for signing the Fix Our Schools Pledge during the election, and making the personal commitment to ensure all Ontario’s schools are safe, healthy, well-maintained buildings that provide environments conducive to learning and working.

Total disrepair in each publicly funded school in Burlington Riding:

ÉÉP Renaissance	$2,691,110
Ascension CES	$2,177,253
Assumption CSS	$4,197,150
Canadian Martyrs CES	$2,658,673
Holy Rosary (B) CES	$1,878,831
St. Gabriel CES	$3,485,270
St. John (B) CES	$1,067,461
St. Mark CES	$2,647,480
St. Patrick CES	$1,490,962
St. Paul CES	$2,002,186
St. Raphael CES	$2,477,030
Aldershot HS	$9,199,780
Alexander’s PS	$214,783
Brant Hills PS	$2,995,631
Bruce T Lindley PS	$1,687,552
Burlington Central HS	$10,368,092
Central PS	$2,948,546
Clarksdale PS	$4,804,357
Dr Charles Best PS	$1,927,253
Frontenac PS	$7,289,350
Gary Allan High School	$14,045,858
Glenview PS	$3,049,212
John T Tuck PS	$6,707,467
Kings Road PS	$3,259,849
Lakeshore PS	$1,765,620
Lester B Pearson HS	$5,184,605
M M Robinson HS	$15,756,046
Maplehurst PS	$4,869,122
Mohawk Gardens PS	$3,496,004
Nelson HS	$14,129,414
Paul A Fisher PS	$1,365,780
Pauline Johnson PS	$2,557,317
Pineland PS	$4,603,016
Robert Bateman H.S.	$9,965,514
Rolling Meadows PS	$6,044,321
Ryerson PS	$2,887,734
Sir Ernest Macmillan PS	$1,831,834
Tecumseh PS	$4,148,970
Tom Thomson PS	$2,041,224
ÉÉC SaintPhilippe	$1,207,731

School conditions matter. They impact student learning, attendance, and health.

We ask that you and your government please prioritize schools as critical infrastructure and take the steps necessary to ensure that the $15.9-billion of disrepair in all of Ontario’s publicly funded schools is eliminated and that schools are safe, healthy, well-maintained buildings that provide environments conducive to learning and working. We look forward to hearing back from you with details on your plan to Fix Ontario’s Schools, especially given that you signed the Fix Our Schools Pledge during the election.

MPP French: Taking Action on $147.4-million of Disrepair in Oshawa Schools

August 10, 2018

In 2018 MPP French signed the Fix Our Schools Pledge to create a Standard of Good Repair for Ontario schools

MPP Jennifer French of Oshawa Riding brought forward a petition in the House this week urging our new provincial government to reverse the decision to cut $100-million of funding from school repairs and to invest the $16-billion needed to tackle the repair backlog in Ontario’s schools. Oshawa’s $147-M of school disrepair was featured in the article entitled, “Oshawa MPP brings petition to Queen’s Park urging reversal on school repair funding cut: Advocacy group says Oshawa has $147 million in school disrepair”. The following is from the Hansard in Queen’s Park:

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Ms. Jennifer K. French: I have a petition to fund our schools.

“To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

“Whereas too many children are going to school in buildings without proper heating or cooling, with leaky roofs or stairways overdue for repair;

“Whereas after years of Conservative and Liberal governments neglecting schools, the backlog of needed repairs has reached $16 billion;

“Whereas during the 2018 election, numerous members of the Conservative Party, including the current Minister of Education, pledged to provide adequate, stable funding for Ontario’s schools;

“Whereas less than three weeks into the legislative session, Doug Ford and the Conservative government have already cut $100 million in much-needed school repairs, leaving our children and educators to suffer in classrooms that are unsafe and unhealthy;

“We, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to direct the Minister of Education to immediately reverse the decision to cut $100 million in school repair funding, and invest the $16 billion needed to tackle the repair backlog in Ontario’s schools.”

I wholeheartedly support this petition, affix my name to it and send it with page Jamie.

To support MPP French’s petition, Fix Our Schools wanted to share the following details of disrepair each school in the Oshawa riding:

Total disrepair in each publicly funded school in Oshawa, for a total of $147.4-million of school disrepair in this riding:

ÉÉP AntonineMaillet	$3,947,815
Monsignor Paul Dwyer C.H.S.	$2,722,523
Msgr. J. Pereyma C.S.S.	$3,983,704
Msgr. Philip Coffey C.S.	$337,161
Sir Albert Love C.S.	$3,030,166
St. Christopher C.S.	$4,347,162
St. Hedwig C.S.	$457,330
St. John XXIII C.S.	$2,952,751
St. Thomas Aquinas C.S.	$3,144,934
ACEC E A Lovell PS	$5,896,385
Adelaide Mclaughlin PS	$3,960,522
Beau Valley PS	$2,401,725
Bobby Orr Public School	$621,070
College Hill PS	$2,612,354
Coronation PS	$1,927,758
Dr CF Cannon PS	$2,219,051
Dr S J Phillips PS	$3,836,562
Eastdale C & VI	$16,115,825
Forest View PS	$6,057,634
G L Roberts C & VI	$11,832,605
Glen Street PS	$3,889,417
Gordon B Attersley PS	$1,419,225
Harmony Heights PS	$2,649,485
Hillsdale PS	$2,407,180
Kedron PS	$1,173,770
Lakewoods PS	$1,514,378
Mary Street Community S	$1,629,041
Maxwell Heights S.S.	$389,925
O’Neill C & VI	$13,767,918
Pierre Elliot Trudeau P.S.	$1,465,465
Queen Elizabeth PS	$304,296
R S Mclaughlin C & VI	$7,671,378
Sherwood Public School	$175,480
Stephen G Saywell PS	$1,062,171
Sunset Heights PS	$2,403,858
Village Union PS	$7,312,113
Vincent Massey PS	$3,965,058
Walter E Harris PS	$3,712,713
Waverly PS	$4,792,526
Woodcrest PS	$1,050,672
ÉÉC CorpusChristi	$2,285,552

School conditions matter. They impact student learning, attendance, and health. Clearly, MPP French recognizes this fact, as do students and families in Oshawa. We ask that constituents in Oshawa work with MPP French to raise the important issue of school conditions and to urge our provincial government to please prioritize schools as critical infrastructure and take the steps necessary to ensure that the $15.9-billion of disrepair in all of Ontario’s publicly funded schools is eliminated and that schools are safe, healthy, well-maintained buildings that provide environments conducive to learning and working.

MPP Rakocevic: Taking action on $212.5-million of Disrepair in Humber River-Black Creek Schools

August 10, 2018

In 2018 MPP Rakocevic signed the Fix Our Schools Pledge to create a Standard of Good Repair for Ontario schools

MPP Tom Rakocevic of Humber River-Black Creek Riding brought forward a petition in the House this week urging our new provincial government to reverse the decision to cut $100-million of funding from school repairs and to invest the $16-billion needed to tackle the repair backlog in Ontario’s schools. The following is from the Hansard:

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Mr. Tom Rakocevic: “This petition is entitled ‘Fund Our Schools.’

“Whereas too many children are going to school in buildings without proper heating or cooling, with leaky roofs or stairways overdue for repair;

“Whereas after years of Conservative and Liberal governments neglecting schools, the backlog of needed repairs has reached $16 billion;

“Whereas during the 2018 election, numerous members of the Conservative Party, including the current Minister of Education, pledged to provide adequate, stable funding for Ontario’s schools;

I’m proud to support this very important petition and I’m giving it to page Eric.

To support MPP Rakocevic’s petition, Fix Our Schools wanted to share the following details of disrepair each school in the Humber River-Black Creek riding:

Total disrepair in each publicly funded school in Humber River-Black Creek, for a total of $212.5-million of school disrepair in this riding:

Blessed Margherita of Citta Castello CS	$1,647,676
Msgr Fraser College West Regina Pacis Catholic Secondary	$4,761,308
St Augustine of Canterbury CS	$2,451,533
St Basil the Great College	$1,170,960
St Charles Garnier CS	$1,376,110
St Francis de Sales	$940,161
St Jane Frances CS	$501,016
St Jude CS	$4,193,782
St Roch CS	$2,272,230
St Wilfrid CS	$5,018,408
Venerable John Merlini	$3,761,185
Blacksmith PS	$5,181,135
Brookview MS	$7,965,467
C W Jefferys CI	$24,200,593
Chalkfarm PS	$2,424,601
Daystrom PS	$8,979,291
Derrydown PS	$3,391,332
Driftwood PS	$4,643,113
Elia MS	$10,107,708
Emery CI	$19,357,639
Firgrove PS	$6,217,607
Gosford PS	$6,333,779
Gracedale PS	$9,361,770
Gulfstream PS	$5,148,246
Humber Summit MS	$8,288,867
Lamberton PS	$4,996,844
Oakdale Park MS	$9,903,809
Shoreham Public Sports and Wellness Academy	$7,799,069
Stanley PS	$5,124,058
Topcliff PS	$5,284,921
Westview Centennial SS	$23,483,553
Yorkwoods PS	$6,199,216

School conditions matter. They impact student learning, attendance, and health. Clearly, MPP Rakocevic recognizes this fact, as do students and families in his riding. We ask that Humber River-Black Creek constituents work with MPP Rakocevic to raise the important issue of school conditions and to urge our provincial government to please prioritize schools as critical infrastructure and take the steps necessary to ensure that the $15.9-billion of disrepair in all of Ontario’s publicly funded schools is eliminated and that schools are safe, healthy, well-maintained buildings that provide environments conducive to learning and working.

MPP Fife: Taking action on $69.8-Million of Disrepair in Waterloo Schools

August 9, 2018

In 2018 MPP Fife signed the Fix Our Schools Pledge to create a Standard of Good Repair for Ontario schools

MPP Catherine Fife of Waterloo Riding brought specific student concerns to the attention of our provincial government. The following is from the Hansard:

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Ms. Catherine Fife: It’s my honour to rise in the House to share the voices of students from Lincoln Heights Public School. Lincoln Heights alone requires over $3 million in repairs and is one of many schools in Waterloo; across the city, over $68 million in repairs are required.

The students wrote to me to share their concerns about cuts to school repair funding. Here’s what they had to say:

Grade 4 student Ryan: “We don’t have air conditioning and our classrooms get really hot…. Our windows don’t have screens, so sometimes wasps fly in on hot days. I got stung by wasps twice while in class.”

His classmate Emily also wants the government to fund fixes to air conditioning.

Madison, in grade 5, says, “In my classroom, it’s usually good in the winter but one time our heat broke and we had to wear our winter coats to keep warm. However, in the summertime it is so hot … one time our classroom was so hot that our teacher was thinking of sending us home.”

Kayden, aged 10, wants the government to know how difficult it was to learn after his class was moved to the cafeteria because of a ceiling leak in their classroom.

William, who just graduated from Lincoln Heights, says, “Teachers and students should be able to complete their work based on their abilities and not on the environment they are working in.”

Joshua, grade 8, was blunt: “Lincoln Heights’ crumbling state is a perfect example of why the school repair budget shouldn’t be cut.”

Thanks to the students from Lincoln Heights for speaking up. Keep using your voices to make the world a better place.

In addition to Lincoln Heights Public School, Fix Our Schools wanted to share the following details of disrepair each school in Waterloo riding:

Total disrepair in each publicly funded school in Waterloo:

ÉÉP L’Harmonie	$1,694,703
Holy Rosary S	$1,812,018
Our Lady of Lourdes Sep S	$3,297,122
Sir Edgar Bauer Sep S	$3,234,323
St Agnes Sep S	$2,921,740
St David Catholic SS	$10,923,975
St Matthew E S	$2,118,524
St. Luke Catholic Elementary School	$324,964
St. Nicholas Catholic Elementary School	$101,828
Abraham Erb PS	$145,720
Bluevale CI	$5,534,148
Bridgeport PS	$1,428,294
Cedarbrae PS	$2,489,995
Centennial PS (W)	$1,769,227
Edna Staebler PS	$263,850
Elizabeth Ziegler PS	$3,366,547
Empire PS	$1,525,018
Keatsway PS	$1,084,140
Laurelwood PS	$2,566,400
Lester B. Pearson PS	$25,000
Lexington PS	$398,249
Lincoln Heights PS	$3,071,140
MacGregor PS	$2,461,639
Mary Johnston PS	$639,528
N.A. MacEachern PS	$1,069,580
Northlake Woods PS	$327,316
Sandowne PS	$1,414,868
Sir John A. Macdonald SS	$43,116
Waterloo CI	$9,705,035
Westvale PS	$180,980
Winston Churchill PS	$1,728,931
ÉÉC MèreÉlisabethBruyère	$2,161,036

School conditions matter. They impact student learning, attendance, and health. Clearly, MPP Fife recognizes this fact, as do students and families in her riding. We ask that Waterloo constituents continue to work with MPP Fife to raise the important issue of school conditions and to urge our provincial government to please prioritize schools as critical infrastructure and take the steps necessary to ensure that the $15.9-billion of disrepair in all of Ontario’s publicly funded schools is eliminated and that schools are safe, healthy, well-maintained buildings that provide environments conducive to learning and working.

Thank you for supporting safe, healthy, well-maintained schools in Ontario!

August 8, 2018

When Fix Our Schools began in 2014, we all wanted to improve our own children’s learning environment. Our group saw that our local Toronto schools were in shocking condition and that our school board had a massive repair backlog.

By 2015, we realized that every single one of Ontario’s school boards had a similar backlog, for a total of $15 Billion. That amount has grown over time.

But so have the number of people of Ontario who have supported the Fix Our Schools campaign. From every walk of life and every political persuasion, people have helped Fix Our Schools:

• FOS receives photos of disrepair from students, caretakers, architects, skilled tradespeople, teachers & parents.

• Families send us stories about the impact that poor school conditions have on their children.

• Many people send us news stories via social media.

MPP and Minister of Education Lisa Thompson holding her signed pledge.

• Thousands of people have written to their local Member of Provincial Parliament about school conditions, or encouraged MPP’s to sign our pledge for a State of Good Repair Standard for Ontario schools.

Your support of Fix Our Schools allows us to continue. Thank you!

Click here to read about FOS’s achievements in increasing funding for school repairs and increasing transparency into this important issue.

MPP Bouma: $108.1-Million of Disrepair in Brantford-Brant Schools

August 8, 2018

Dear MPP Bouma,

Did you know there is $108.1-million of disrepair in the publicly funded schools in your riding of Brantford-Brant? We know that you did not sign the Fix Our Schools Pledge during the election, but we also recognize that your government has committed to governing for the People. We trust that safe, healthy, well-maintained school buildings will be a part of this commitment?

Total disrepair in each publicly funded school in Brantford-Brant:

Assumption College School	$4,763,400
Christ the King Sep S	$1,128,120
Holy Cross Sep S	$1,474,410
Holy Family S	$1,157,497
Jean Vanier Catholic Elementary School	$40,800
Notre Dame Sep S	$2,363,340
Our Lady of Providence	$53,737
Resurrection Sep S	$1,802,812
Sacred Heart Catholic Elementary School	$250,640
St Gabriel Catholic Elementary School	$244,800
St John’s College	$3,215,040
St Leo Sep S	$1,801,759
St Patricks S	$2,234,813
St Peter	$1,322,940
St Theresa Sep S	$1,657,676
Agnes G Hodge	$507,503
Banbury Heights PS	$597,679
Bellview PS	$910,362
Branlyn PS	$2,363,340
Brantford CI & VS	$1,275,000
Brier Park PS	$1,551,930
Cedarland PS	$1,906,380
Centennial	$3,194,130
Central PS	$578,805
Cobblestone Elementary School	$176,800
Dufferin PS	$2,719,320
Echo Place PS	$1,062,089
Graham Bell	$2,038,832
Grand Erie Learning Alternatives	$1,716,660
Grandview PS	$3,119,887
Greenbrier PS	$2,053,116
James Hillier PS	$1,947,129
King George PS	$410,927
Lansdowne PS	$1,676,647
Major Ballachey PS	$1,038,909
Mount Pleasant PS	$2,815,280
North Park C & VS	$14,943,029
North Ward PS	$1,356,866
OnondagaBrant PS	$1,608,880
Paris Central PS	$772,973
Paris DHS (Sec)	$7,847,341
Pauline Johnson C & VS	$11,749,889
Prince Charles PS	$2,679,540
Princess Elizabeth PS	$1,819,252
Russell Reid PS	$257,946
Ryerson Heights	$48,234
Tollgate Technological Skills Centre	$6,012,184
Woodman Drive (Cainsville PS)	$1,452,256
ÉÉC SainteMargueriteBourgeoys Brantford	$412,885

School conditions matter. They impact student learning, attendance, and health.