SCHOOL FOR THOUGHT

Virtue has its price

You may or may not know that as of September junk food will no longer be allowed in Ontario schools, but chances are it hasn’t occurred to you that this ban will have a serious impact on school revenues. As this article shows, the Toronto public board will lose three quarters of a million dollars every year as a result of the ban on unhealthy drinks in its cold drink vending machines alone. And don’t forget all those pizza days, bake sales, and door-to-door chocolate bar sales that will presumably no longer be allowed. Of course, there is no mention in the legislation of compensation to school boards for the mandatory hits to their revenues….