The tally to fix furnaces, roofs, windows and other repairs at the Toronto District School Board’s 584 schools climbed to a whopping $3.7 billion in September from $3.5 billion last year, the TDSB reported Friday. Without “adequate and predictable school funding for school repairs,” the board projected the bill will reach $5.25 billion by 2021. Unlike the Toronto Catholic board and most others in the province, the TDSB is ineligible because schools in parts of the city are currently under capacity. It’s unfair the public board can’t get funds from a booming development industry while the Catholic board can, he added. But the Catholic board is also handcuffed because EDCs can only be used to purchase land and buildings, which are hard to come by in Toronto.

Source: thestar November 10, 2017 23:26 UTC