How is This a Public School System

     The article "How is this a public school system" talks about the difference of rich and poor schools. Public schools full of rich kids raise more money from parents than public schools full of poor kids. The difference of money raised is phenomenal compared to a wealthy school to a poor public school, around $500 to even $1000 per student! If a school like Rosedale is inherently better than Malvern, then what kind of public-education system is that? That's basically saying that one school is 5 times better than another and people don't say anything about it. Obviously, the school board has to do something about the major differences in schools.

      The school boards main recommendation  is banning parental donations to public schools. Plan B would be pooling all parental donations and distributing them evenly, but that's a lot to ask. The most marginalized 20% of schools raise less than 1/3 of the funds that the least marginalized 20% of schools raise. The top 10 fundraisers  in the TDSB brought in $515 per student and got an average of 8.75 out of 10 rating, while the bottom 10 fundraisers brought in $17 per student , and averaged a 5.3 rating. Great teachers are priceless, and donations are mostly worthless without them.

    After reading the article, the best way to fix this all this is to give more to the poorer schools and give less to the rich schools. In other words, the school board should pay more attention to the poorer schools to the point where they reach the level of becoming successful, where as they pay more attention to the better schools which I find pointless. If they continuously work with the developing schools, then they can eventually reach the level of the richer schools. With this "Plan C" there would be a time where all schools in the TDSB could be at equal levels.

     "It's annoying that the provincial regulations seem deliberately designed to encourage the bending and novel interpretation of rules governing extra fees and fundraising." She finds it annoying, but honestly I find it stupid. Why?, well it's like saying "We are opening the best ice cream shop ever!", when no one could afford the cheapest of the ice creams. Officially, the provincial curriculum should be available to all students without a single extra dime being paid. If the school board would follow that rule, which there not then all students should be able to participate in all school activities. In all, the school board needs some work to make it so that every single student should be treated the same.