Poster by Graham Crawford, 'Dissident' Primoris
Um...
The proposed lower city 'super school' is going to have an enrolment capacity of...wait for it...
Not 5,000.
Not 4,000.
Not 3,000, not 2,500, not 2,000, not 1,750, not 1500...
...but 1,250.
The same size as Sir John A. MacDonald.
And smaller than Westdale.
The conversations that comprise the overall one regarding 'What's going on with our high school closings?' are all valid, ones I've always encouraged we be having, including the merits and implications of busing students on themselves and on neighbourhoods. But surely we can at least follow Daniel Patrick Moynihan's admonition?
"You're entitled to your own opinion. But you're not entitled to your own facts."
Here's a few more facts, courtesy of the HWDSB:
"In 2009/2010, there were approximately 2,600 extra spaces
within Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board secondary schools. This
number is expected to increase to nearly 6,000 extra places by 2020."
M Adrian Brassington
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