Broader Community: Assets

Neighbourhoods Dept: Publicly built schools are assets of our broader community, but maturing neighbourhoods and changing demographics make it almost certain that every school will go through a period of declining enrolment at some point. Unfortunately, we cannot simply lift up underused schools and plunk them down in other locations, according to The Star. To maintain the diverse, family friendly qualities of our residential areas we need to develop creative solutions that keep these buildings within the inventory of publicly available facilities. When the demographic cycles bring back more school-age children, these schools can then be revived and re: Dual purpose school buildings, Letter, April 9 But closing schools permanently is a drastic solution with potentially troubling consequences, most notably deadening the family nature of surrounding neighbourhoods. Real estate agents stop showing families homes in areas without schools. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.