A new report from the Financial Accountability Office (FAO) reveals that a staggering 85% of schools in the Toronto District School Board are in need of repair, highlighting a widespread infrastructure crisis in Ontario's education system.
Nearly 85 per cent of schools within the Toronto District School Board are considered to be “below” a state of good repair, according to the province’s Financial Accountability Office (FAO). released Tuesday, the FAO confirmed that the country’s largest school board took the top spot for the most number of buildings that were in need of rehabilitation or replacement.
As of March 31, 2024, the FAO found that provincewide, about 3,037 schools, or about 63 per cent of schools, are in a state of good repair, while 1,813, about 37 per cent, were below that threshold. “The 10 largest school boards accounted for 52 per cent of all buildings below (state of good repair) SOGR,” the report noted. The TDSB was found to have 84.1 per cent of its buildings below a state of good repair, followed by the Thames Valley District School Board at 52.5 per cent, and the Toronto Catholic District School Board at 45.6 per cent. The cost to bring all school buildings in the province into a state of good repair is estimated to be about $6.5 billion, which includes about $2.86 billion for the Toronto District School Board alone. “Over the 10-year period, from 2024-25 to 2033-34, as school buildings continue to age and degrade, the FAO estimates that an additional $15.2 billion would need to be spent to maintain school buildings in a state of good repair,” the report continued. In total, about $21.7 billion would be needed to “clear the infrastructure backlog” and continue to maintain all school buildings from 2024-25 to 2033-34, the report noted.“In contrast, the 2024 budget has allocated $12.5 billion over 10 years. If funded at this level, the FAO estimates that after 10 years, the percentage of school buildings that are not in a state of good repair would increase from 37.4 per cent in 2023-24 to 74.6 per cent in 2033-34,” the report states.The FOA report stated that about 1,781 schools across Ontario require rehabilitation and 32 should be rebuil
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