What was trending on Twitter this week about Fixing Ontario’s Schools

September 10, 2019

Fix Our Schools has worked tirelessly since 2014 to ensure that all Ontario children attend safe, healthy, well-maintained schools that are funded by our provincial government as critical infrastructure. We have been so fortunate with the groundswell of support from tens of thousands of people across our province. 

Here are a few interesting conversations from Twitter the week of September 3 – back to school week!

Back to School is such an exciting time of year. An Ottawa architecture firm reminded parents about the $15.9-billion repair backlog in Ontario’s public school buildings:

Caretakers & Custodians across the province worked so hard to make the first day of school special! Here is one of many ways they helped: 

 

One of our followers questioned how the poor condition of school buildings will impact Canadian children’s ability to work in a modern world:

https://twitter.com/Donatella75/status/1169683951516098560?s=20

The Official Opposition Education Critic, Marit Stiles, reminded voters that the Province is the sole funder of public education in Ontario: 

The Cause Project reminded us that there is precedent for condo developers to contribute to the neighbourhoods from which they profit:

One of our followers mentioned a common problem in our aging Ontario school infrastructure… pests:

 

We would like to remind parents, teachers, and students that they can photograph poor conditions in their local school and contribute to the conversation: