Ontario Moving to District Model in 2017

[GreyingJay]

I wish other school boards would give funding assistance like TDSB does. Maybe we should approach our board and say "why not here too?"

We will be doing our own fundraising, sponsorship, and collecting student fees, to cover our ~$7500 CAD cost for the two district events, and the additional ~$3000 CAD to go to district champs should we qualify. The way we see it, 2 district events + district champs (for a total of 3 competitions) is about the same price as it was to go to two regionals before. Actually slightly less given the current CAD vs USD. Granted this isn't factoring the extra transportation/hotel cost for the third competition.

(And if we are fortunate enough to qualify for Champs -- that would be our fourth competition event -- I'm sure we could do additional fundraising!)

Students who go to competitions are responsible for covering their share of the hotel and transportation costs. We drive down in parent-driven cars and stay in a hotel. I wish taking the subway was a possibility!

We are getting pretty good at doing bottle drives. They are easy to organize, and using a public drop-off spot gives additional exposure. Each time we do one we can net $800-1000. We have a lot of other ideas for fundraisers, but this is a staple.