Building new schools in Milton
School lands. School lands are set aside – so many schools per expected population per area. There are quite a few planned. Schools are planned next to parks and trails for the benefit of the kids and the neighbourhood. All lands are owned by the developer, Mattamy for instance. The school board negotiates the purchase of the lands from Mattamy. The province will not build any schools until the current ones are at capacity (or overcrowded), and have the required enrolment for a new school.
It’s the school boards’ job to force the issue. It’s my understanding that the Halton School Board has a done a good job in that regard, as several schools are set to be built in Milton.
The province has a per capita dollar amount for schools. To any suggestion that the town buy the land and hand it over to the school board makes no sense. Taxpayers already pay an education tax (a big portion of our property tax bill) and to expect the town of Milton to raise tax money to buy land to hand over to the school boards wouldn’t lower the education tax – it would result in a double tax whammy.
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