"Yes, school boards need to work together and yes, school boards need to be creative when it comes to creating the best learning environments for kids," she said. "But we are supporting the school system as it exists."
By change I meant on holding a referendum... I highly doubt she would ever willingly amalgamate the boards as there would be push back from the teachers and the unions.
Quebec and Newfoundland both obtained the necessary constitutional amendments to abolish their separate school systems without referenda. I'd be quite surprised if the government chose to do that route if they sought an amendment.
As for Wynne and the separate school system, she made an interesting comment when asked about it by the Ottawa Citizen. I forget her exact words but she basically said that she feels that the Catholic school system shouldn't exist and that if she were starting from scratch now she wouldn't include it, but that we have to work with the reality of today. And it was during the election campaign that she said this.
I would not be surprised if Wynne announced the abolition of the RC school system in the upcoming budget. I'm not expecting it all, and the chance of it happening is very low IMO, but I'm still not going to be surprised if it does.
Like the alcohol issue, the separate school issue is one in which the majority of the public wants reform (polls show the majority of Ontarians want beer in supermarkets and want an end to Catholic schools), but the minority who wants to keep the status quo will be much more vocal. This makes reform hard to achieve.
A similar effect was just seen with the sex ed issue. Only 34% of Ontarians are against the new sex ed curriculum, yet most of the loud chatter is coming from that 34%.
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