Doug
Reycraft -
Chairman of the
Community
Schools Alliance
To have
municipalities
become partners
with school
boards in making
decisions about
where new
schools are
built and where
schools are
closed
The Community
Schools Alliance
is asking
Minister Wynne
to support a “smart
moratorium”
on all school
closings
disputed by
municipalities.
The goal of the
smart moratorium
is for the
Ministry,
schools boards
and
municipalities
to work together
and develop
policies
addressing such
issues as
planning for
declining
enrolments, a
mutually agreed
upon ARC
process, a
review of
funding to rural
and small
community
schools, and
defining the
working
relationship,
transparency and
accountability
between
municipalities
and school
boards.
Executive
Members
Doug Reycraft
Chairman of
the Community
Schools Alliance
Mayor, Southwest
Middlesex
Middlesex County
Councillor
Gary Burroughs
Lord Mayor,
Niagara-on-the-Lake Councillor, Regional
Municipality
of Niagara
Jim Collard
Councillor
, Niagara-on-the
-Lake
John R. Wilson
Mayor, Malahide
Township ElginCounty Councillor
Ron Emond
Mayor, Hastings
Highlands
Doug
Shearer
Councillor, Cobalt
Michael
Power
Mayor,
Greenstone
Tony
Guergis
Warden,
Simcoe County
Chris White
Mayor, Guelph/Eramosa
Cam Jackson
Mayor, Burlington
A Better
System is Needed
The Community
Schools Alliance
believes that a
better system is
needed to
address the
educational
facility needs
in Ontario's
communities.
A better system
should:
ensure that school boards and municipal councils work together on decisions regarding education infrastructure
provide greater accountability for school board decisions
be developed through a review of the governance model for educational decisions which must include an appeal process of accommodation decisions
should respect and value the input of students, parents, the community and municipality in the ARC process
