School closings

School boards may decide to close a school due to declining enrolment, because it requires extensive, costly repairs, or because a program is being reorganized or eliminated. In this section, you can find information and research about the impact of school closings on communities and lists of schools closed in Ontario over the past 10 years.

  1. Crowland parents call for change (Education in the news)

  2. Ontario school closings rile parents (Education in the news)

  3. School closings on the increase – review of process needed (P4E news and views)

  4. People for Education accommodation reviews and school closings list 2012 (P4E Reports)

  5. Declining enrolment/school closings report (P4E Reports)

  6. School Compromise (Education in the news)

  7. MPP releases letter outlining what he’s done to address PCVS closure issue (Education in the news)

  8. Hear the Rick Mercer rant on PCVS closure (Education in the news)

  9. Are trustees required to sit on an Accommodation Review Committee or is it an option? Who is chair of the ARC committee and how is the chair chosen? Theresa C. (FAQ)

  10. January Newsletter (Newsletter)

  11. School closings, bullying and Finland (Newsletter)

  12. Board puts former school on auction block (P4E news and views)

  13. Candidates go to school (P4E news and views)

  14. Why is my school closing? (FAQ)

  15. P4E’s Questions for Political Candidates (Press release)

  16. Accommodation reviews, 2010 (P4E Reports)

  17. A new goal for public education: Schools at the centre
    Annual report on Ontario’s publicly funded schools 2010 (P4E Reports)

  18. School closings report
    People for Education 2009 (P4E news and views)

  19. Newsletter P4E – Nov 2009 (Newsletter)

  20. Revisions to Pupil Accommodation Review Guidelines:
    Government of Ontario, 2009 (Ontario Government Policy Documents & Guides)

  21. Report of the Declining Enrolment Working Group (Report)

  22. School closings and declining enrolment in Ontario (P4E Reports)

  23. School closings and declining enrolment in Ontario schools, 2009 (P4E Reports)

  24. Accommodation reviews, 2009 (P4E Reports)

  25. Newsletter P4E – Sept 2008 (Newsletter)

  26. Accommodation reviews, 2008 (P4E Reports)

  27. Declining enrolment in Ontario’s schools, 2008 (P4E Reports)

  28. Newsletter P4E – March 2008 (Newsletter)

  29. Newsletter P4E – Jan 2008 (Newsletter)

  30. Pupil Accommodation Review Guidelines:
    Government of Ontario, 2006 (Ontario Government Policy Documents & Guides)

  31. Ontario School Closing and Opening List, 2005 (P4E Reports)