A primary target will be the custodial and maintenance services provided by boards of education. Communities across the province rely on schools to provide safe havens in which to offer the services of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides of Canada. The outsourcing of the custodial services in schools will seriously jeopardize the activities that occur in the schools. Imagine trying to hold a meeting when there is not a custodian to open the building in the evening or clean up after a meeting.
Extracurricular activities depend greatly on the accessibility of the school after hours.
Removing custodians from the direct employ of school boards will result in a bare minimum of cleaning only - there will not be a custodian on site to meet other needs of the community. Removing custodians from the direct employ of school boards will result in the deterioration of schools to the point that they will be closed to all activities that occur outside the classroom. In all likelihood the costs of using the building will be passed on to the user group. Currently, many school boards do not charge anything for local children's groups such as Scouts and Guides to use school facilities. The community school to which you have become accustomed will likely disappear.