With the holiday season upon us, many parents across Ontario will be invited to attend holiday concerts in their children’s schools. We encourage you to take a look around that school building and send us photos of what you see! The good, the bad and the ugly. We’d love to see it all.
With $16.3-billion of disrepair in Ontario’s publicly funded schools, we know there are many examples of school buildings in poor condition that provide substandard learning environments for students. As parents, we do not often have the occasion to spend time in our children’s school buildings but one parent, who volunteers as a STEM Coach in her local public school has taken these photos of disrepair:
I am a parent who volunteers as a STEM coach at a public school in Ontario. Here's what a public school building ACTUALLY looks like. (Though photos don't show lack of heat or the flaking paint everywhere or the structural defects). Ontario 🏫🏫 🏫 have $16.3 Billion in Disrepair pic.twitter.com/VYrGjUDqXZ
— Fix Our Schools (@Fix_Our_Schools) November 22, 2019
On the flip side, we also know that there are wonderful examples of new and old school buildings in this province that are in great shape and offer excellent learning environments for our children, like the ones below:
So please, as you visit your local public school this holiday season, take a quick photo and send it to us at info@fixourschools.ca.