Merge boards to save schools

The most efficient and fair way to save some of Toronto's underused schools is for Ontario to merge the Catholic and Public boards into one school system.

This long over due reform would reduce catchment areas, allow for the optimal use of the best school buildings, and shorten travel times for students, reducing busing costs.

Merging boards would eliminate the redundancy costs of running parallel systems. Remember, one third of the education budget is on municipal tax bill.

Furthermore, giving all students access to all schools would end the divisive practice of dividing kids along religious lines. Funding education for only one religion is unfair to people of other religions, an Ontario historical anomaly twice criticized by the UN.