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Originally Posted by rwodonnell

Like others, I think, I am struggling with your numbers, since for us in N.E., the district model has made things better financially, but since I don't follow the details of the Toronto school board as you've laid them out, I'll trust that it really costs $2500 more to participate in the two district events versus the one regional.

But you have mentioned a number of times the cost of travel, and from what I can see, that should not be a problem. Here's a map I made of the Ontario district events. The District Championships (note: not "regional") is the green marker. I'm not sure where exactly in Toronto you are located, but I would think that the events at Ryerson University, Durham College and McMaster University would all be within an hour, give or take a few minutes. Waterloo and Georgian College would add maybe a half hour, but still commutable. Aren't these the same locations you had before the district system, plus a few others?

I am not the poster in question but #5699 is based out of Forest Hill Collegiate Institute, a school located in the eponymous neighborhood Forest Hill in the north side of Toronto. There are two District Events and the DCMP within what Google estimates to be an hour drive.