Over the past year, the Ontario government has repeatedly accused school boards of financial mismanagement. The Minister of Education then took over eight boards, appointing generously paid supervisors to replace trustees and run boards with an iron fist. These eight boards have a combined enrolment of 733,000, or 36 per cent of all students in the province.
The allegations justifying the takeover have not been backed by hard numbers. Yes, schools across the province are facing financial challenges -- any educator or parent will tell you that. But is mismanagement really the problem?
The CCPA closely monitors education funding in Ontario, using hard numbers, and we have a different explanation. Our analyses show that, year after year, schools have been asked to do more with less; we have now reached a breaking point, where the holes in the foundation are literally visible.
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