The savings might not be all that much unless you actually close all the surplus schools and sell off all the land. You might end up with fewer teachers and admin staff I suppose but I am sure the unions would fight over that.
But lets do it anyway!
I was surprised that Harris did not do that , probably should have
They have been selling off surplus schools in our area
Harris didn't dare do it because most of his support comes from the Catholic system. Just the mention of putting together the public and catholic systems by John Tory, nearly got him destroyed.
Well Tory suggested having school boards for EVERY superstition all paid out of public funds. That was the only time in recorded history I did not vote for the conservatives. Nearly the stupidest idea I have ever heard from an Ont politician. (canning the gas plants by McGuinty and changing to full funding for separate schools by Bill Davis are the top two).
All that is needed is for the Ont government to have a vote in the legislature, preferably with at least 90% in favour, asking the feds to remove Section 93(? or is it 94) application to Ontario. PQ did it, NFLD did it so there is precedent and even the federal gove would probably just do it for Ontario. Whether it would cause the Ont gov to not get re-elected is a question....if I were doing it I'd do it straight after an election so the public would have forgotten about it 4 years later.
