TCDSB offering subsidized Community Use of Schools


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Free After-Hours Access to 77 TDSB Schools Priority Schools Initiative

Community organizations can apply for free use of space in 77 Toronto District School Board schools to run programs under the Priority Schools Initiative (PSI) program. Find which schools are available here.

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School Closures and Social Spatial Justice

Social Planning Toronto hosted a lively discussion back in September on the issue of public use of schools, community hubs and school board processes in school closure situations. The audience included not only students and community members, but also a number of senior politicians and school trustees. Here we present the slides from the presentation of Ranu Basu, from the Geography Department at York University, who has mapped school closings and analyzed for spatial justice.

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Creative Thinking on School Closings

A recent Toronto Star editorial comments on the work of a group of rural citizens working together to try to change the way decisions to close schools are made.

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Retooling schooling

Norm Beach and Tam Goossen ask “During this recession, will we sell public assets at fire-sale prices? Or mothball them for years to come? And what if those assets are schools nestled deep within communities in need of services?”

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Provincial Government Investing in Municipal Recreation Facilities

The Government of Ontario recently announced that it would put $195 million over two years toward the Recreational Infrastructure Canada program in Ontario and the Ontario Recreation Program.

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Priority School Initiative

77 Toronto District School Board schools identified for free use by Not-For-Profit organizations.

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Annual Report on Schools – 2009

People for Education’s 2009 Annual Report on Ontario’s Public Schools, recommends Ontario expand its vision for education beyond test score targets and graduation rates.

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More Schools Open Doors After Hours

In 2008 the McGuinty government announced it would increase funding to the Community Use of Schools program to $66 million by 2012.

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McGuinty government helps open schools to community groups

In 2004 the McGuinty government announced $20 million in spending to help open schools to community groups through a Community Use of Schools program.

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