Toronto’s public school board is looking at deep cuts — axing music instructors, laying off aquatics instructors, shuttering pools and changing programming at outdoor education centres — to eliminate a $70 million deficit.
Its Catholic counterpart is looking at $66 million in cuts this year — after already having clawed back tens of millions over the past three.
The two large urban boards are among a handful that now find themselves in the crosshairs of the Ford government, which is sending investigators in to probe their finances, while also warning it will take them over if they don’t balance their books.