Monthly Archives: November 2018

MPP Babikian: $173.2-M of Disrepair in Scarborough-Agincourt Schools

November 30, 2018

Dear MPP Babikian,

Did you know there is $173.2-million of disrepair in the publicly funded schools in your riding of Scarborough-Agincourt? 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 Scarborough-Agincourt:

Epiphany of Our Lord Academy $1,567,597
Francis Libermann Catholic HS $2,203,223
Holy Spirit CS $3,761,185
Msgr. Fraser Scarborough Campus (Formerly Our Lady of Good Counsel CS) $1,617,928
St Aidan CS $2,830,204
St Henry CS $692,554
Agincourt CI $19,825,180
Agincourt Jr PS $2,428,470
Beverly Glen Jr PS $3,195,048
Bridlewood Jr PS $3,207,907
Brookmill Boulevard Jr PS $3,036,509
Brookside PS $301,165
Chester Le Jr PS $5,148,939
David Lewis PS $2,863,352
Dr Norman Bethune CI $14,618,523
Fairglen Jr PS $2,034,716
Highland Heights Jr PS $8,062,447
Inglewood Heights Jr PS $3,216,109
J B Tyrrell Sr PS $4,511,939
John Buchan Sr PS $2,275,061
Kennedy PS $424,014
L’Amoreaux CI $10,574,696
Lynngate Jr PS $3,564,449
Lynnwood Heights Jr PS $2,785,073
North Bridlewood Jr PS $4,522,674
Pauline Johnson Jr PS $5,096,614
Sir Ernest MacMillan Sr PS $2,663,730
Sir John A Macdonald CI $15,645,773
Sir Samuel B Steele Jr PS $2,244,507
Sir William Osler HS $10,381,912
Stephen Leacock CI $6,999,051
Tam O’Shanter Jr PS $3,531,975
Terry Fox PS $4,767,399
Timberbank Jr PS $7,999,983
Vradenburg Jr PS $4,627,375

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 Mitas: $212.2-M of Disrepair in Scarborough-Centre Schools

November 27, 2018

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

Dear MPP Mitas,

Did you know there is $212.2-million of disrepair
in the publicly funded schools in your riding of Scarborough-Centre? 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 Scarborough-Centre:

Jean Vanier Catholic CSS (Lease from TDSB   Bill30) $3,886,957
Our Lady of Wisdom C S $2,803,716
Precious Blood CS $3,773,672
St Albert CS $1,809,480
St Kevin CS $2,280,265
St Lawrence CS $3,219,079
St Victor CS $2,536,467
Bendale BTI $21,792,342
Buchanan PS $4,373,625
Charles Gordon Sr PS $4,494,300
D & M Thomson CI $27,738,981
Donwood Park PS $5,000,893
Donwood Park PS Annex $3,344,418
Dorset Park PS $3,755,394
Edgewood PS $3,861,787
EllesmereStatton PS $12,551,929
General Crerar PS $3,138,004
George Peck PS $4,619,754
Glamorgan Jr PS $4,997,379
Glen Ravine Jr PS $6,052,223
Hunter’s Glen Jr PS $4,503,272
Ionview PS $3,325,967
John McCrae PS $7,734,456
Knob Hill PS $6,458,784
Lord Roberts Jr PS $5,703,838
Manhattan Park Jr PS $2,817,828
Maryvale PS $4,967,680
Parkview Alternative School / Terraview Heights LC $4,455,115
St Andrews PS $6,104,575
TerraviewWillowfield PS $4,126,690
Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts $16,689,544
Wexford PS $3,796,604
Winston Churchill CI $15,467,739

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

We commend you for personally signing the Fix Our Schools Pledge leading up to the June election and ask that you ensure your government prioritizes schools as critical infrastructure. Please 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.

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 Berns-McGown: $205.6-M of Disrepair in Beaches-East York Schools

November 18, 2018

Dear MPP Berns-McGown,

Did you know there is $205.6-million of disrepair in the publicly funded schools in your riding of Beaches-East York? 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 Beaches-East York:

Canadian Martyrs C S $3,478,932
Notre Dame CHS $9,370,904
St Brigid CS $7,230,082
St Denis CS $2,469,126
St John CS $7,717,192
Adam Beck Jr PS $4,977,407
Balmy Beach CS $2,469,894
Bowmore Road Jr & Sr PS $17,501,229
Crescent Town ES $2,321,555
D A Morrison MS $10,870,628
Earl Beatty Jr & Sr PS $10,579,863
Earl Haig PS $8,400,976
East York Alt SS $574,757
East York CI $20,018,730
George Webster ES (JK5) $4,178,903
Gledhill Jr PS $5,873,960
Glen Ames Sr PS $5,546,692
Gordon A Brown MS $6,108,706
Kew Beach Jr PS $9,181,416
Kimberley Jr PS $4,227,501
Malvern CI $20,420,852
Norway Jr PS $4,740,082
Parkside ES $4,672,655
Presteign Heights ES $4,388,597
Secord ES $9,464,728
Selwyn ES $3,618,516
Victoria Park ES $2,392,544
William J McCordic School $3,089,391
Williamson Road Jr PS $7,044,210
ÉÉC GeorgesÉtienneCartier $2,659,210

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

We commend you for personally signing the Fix Our Schools Pledge leading up to the June election and ask that you help ensure the provincial government prioritizes schools as critical infrastructure. Please 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.

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. 

 

“It could have been catastrophic”

November 18, 2018

Thankfully, nobody was injured after part of a pedestrian bridge collapsed in Toronto’s east end early Saturday morning, leaving a gaping hole and sending concrete to the ground. The bridge is 5 metres above the ground and is used by many children and parents to get to Crescent Town Elementary School.

“Mercifully it happened on a weekend morning and there were no kids or parents on or under it & no injuries,” Beaches-East York MPP Rima Berns-McGown tweeted. “It could have been catastrophic.”

The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) shares maintenance of the bridge with Pinedale Properties. According to CityTV, the part of the bridge that collapsed is owned by Pinedale. The TDSB has advised parents that the bridge is not accessible until further notice as it works with Pinedale properties to determine next steps.

For almost five years now, Fix Our Schools has been asking if Ontario’s infrastructure is safe for school children and if Ontario’s publicly-funded schools are safe for school children.

Malvern Collegiate Institute in Beaches-East York, needs $20.4-million in repairs. The urgent repairs this school building needs include new roofs, foundation, staircase repairs and replacement of fire protection systems, including sprinklers. With almost $16-billion of outstanding repairs in Ontario schools, of which $205.6-million exists in Beaches-East York schools, it is hard to imagine that some schools aren’t “accidents waiting to happen”.

All parties involved in building and maintaining any infrastructure – especially infrastructure used by children – must work together to ensure a high standard of safety and maintenance. 

 

MPP Ke: $191.5-M of Disrepair in Don Valley North Schools

November 13, 2018

Dear MPP Ke,

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

Did you know there is $191.5-million of disrepair in the publicly funded schools in your riding of Don Valley North? 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 Don Valley North:

Blessed Trinity CS $4,410,307
Holy Redeemer CS $2,994,382
Our Lady of Guadalupe CS $2,602,682
St Gerald CS $4,119,978
St Kateri Tekakwitha C S $2,297,562
St Matthias CS $3,182,840
St Timothy CS $275,400
AY Jackson SS $22,510,771
Arbor Glen PS $2,229,763
Bayview MS $8,136,135
Brian PS $5,095,914
Cherokee PS $3,202,919
Cliffwood PS $2,124,515
Cresthaven PS $4,274,025
Crestview PS $5,183,480
Dallington PS $5,754,793
Don Valley MS $8,100,636
Elkhorn PS $4,459,080
Ernest PS $3,631,669
Forest Manor PS $2,587,266
Georges Vanier SS $16,376,294
Highland MS $3,962,044
Hillmount PS $4,806,871
Kingslake PS $6,596,319
Lescon PS $4,654,063
Lester B Pearson ES $5,985,946
Muirhead PS $6,855,664
Pineway PS $3,281,687
Pleasant View JHS (Elem) $9,515,258
Seneca Hill PS $3,803,770
Shaughnessy PS $3,480,891
Steelesview PS $5,555,266
Woodbine MS $9,396,036
Zion Heights MS $10,092,553

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

We commend you for personally signing the Fix Our Schools Pledge leading up to the June election and ask that you and your government please prioritize schools as critical infrastructure. Please 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.

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 Cho: $111.8-M of Disrepair in Scarborough North Schools

November 13, 2018

Dear MPP Cho,

Did you know there is $111.8-million of disrepair in the publicly funded schools in your riding of Scarborough North?

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 Scarborough North:

Mary Ward Catholic SS $7,236,628
Our Lady of Grace CS $914,924
Prince of Peace CS $2,303,962
St Bartholomew CS $2,787,072
St Elizabeth Seton CS $1,320,982
St Gabriel Lalemant CS $1,093,234
St Ignatius of Loyola CS $2,632,056
St Marguerite Bourgeoys CS $774,886
St Rene Goupil CS $1,153,222
St Sylvester CS $758,109
The Divine Infant $1,530,589
Agnes Macphail PS $2,517,389
Albert Campbell CI $14,403,553
Alexmuir Jr PS $4,091,362
Anson S Taylor Jr PS $2,597,698
Banting & Best PS $2,172,417
Berner Trail Jr PS $2,243,922
Brimwood Boulevard Jr PS $3,694,710
Burrows Hall Jr PS $4,391,182
C D Farquharson Jr PS $4,831,580
Chartland Jr PS $3,268,739
Henry Kelsey Sr PS $6,914,282
Iroquois Jr PS $3,805,376
Macklin PS $3,203,106
Malvern Jr PS $5,085,866
Milliken PS $2,152,486
North Agincourt Jr PS $3,126,769
Percy Williams Jr PS $3,482,668
Port Royal PS $1,351,908
Silver Springs PS $4,008,177
Sir Alexander MacKenzie Sr PS $5,490,987
Tom Longboat Jr PS $1,432,333
White Haven PS $3,210,420
ÉÉC SaintJeandeLalande $1,770,972

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.

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.