Catholic high school and elementary teachers will soon have to pay for parking, as the school board grapples with a $32.8 million funding shortfall.
The Toronto Catholic District School Board approved the new parking fees at a special budgetary meeting Tuesday night — charging full-time teachers and administrators $10 per day to park their vehicles on school property.
While the board is still working on the finer details — including the date of implementation and whether a third-party company would be contracted to enforce paid parking — the expectation is it would raise more than $6 million a year.
Rizzo says that money would go directly back into student learning, including adding two guidance counsellor positions and the rehiring of 24 educators who focus on literacy.