By Pepper Parr
September 4th, 2020
BURLINGTON, ON
Remember that idea of holding classes outdoors? Some people were thinking year round outdoor classes.
It didn’t get very far at the Trustee meeting this week.
School Board administration found all kinds of reasons for killing the idea of using tents as classrooms.
Trustee Chair Andrea Grebenc raised the thoughts about fundraising for tents that would be used for outdoor classrooms.
They didn’t get very far.
In order to be at all useful – the tent would have to be quite big.
What would go into the tent? And who would be responsible for the cleaning and safety of whatever was placed in the tent?
There would be some vandalism.
In order to put a tent in place the Board would have to get a permit from the city – just the way they have to with portable classrooms.
Insurance and liability issues also had to be figured out.
The killer issue was that parents cannot fundraise for anything related to student accommodation.
That idea was off the table.
Seems like a foolish idea since our weather does not allow for this type of solution. How about considering using some of the empty hotel and convention space that is available?