School boards may apply for funding for construction projects such as school additions, school replacements or deep retrofits from the Ministry of Education through the Capital Priorities program. School boards identify their most urgent capital needs and submit business cases for these priority projects.
The projects are ranked based on a priority, which takes into account factors like enrolment growth or the merging of two or more schools into one new facility.
The Ministry has limited funds available for school boards. Not all the capital projects submitted for consideration receive funding approval. Historically, the TDSB has received approval for a small number of capital projects through the Capital Priorities process.
List of the Top 5 Capital Priority Projects for 2024-25
Business cases were prepared for the five projects identified below. They were submitted to the Ministry of Education for capital funding consideration under the Capital Priorities grant program in September 2024.
Below is the list of the five TDSB Capital Priority projects. They were ranked to align with the Ministry criteria and submitted for funding consideration.
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Ranking
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School Name
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Project Description
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Business Case Submitted to the Ministry
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Ward
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| 1
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770 Don Mills Road
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A new JK-8 school of 564 pupil places in the Flemingdon Park area (Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue East) in the podium of a residential tower.
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14
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| 2
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Kapapamahchakwew - Wandering Spirit School
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A fully-Indigenized, replacement JK-12 school of 304 pupil places on the 16 Phin Avenue site (Danforth Avenue and Greenwood Avenue) with Indigenous child care and EarlyON Child and Family Centre.
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15
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| 3
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St Margaret’s PS
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A replacement JK-8 school of 331 pupil places on the St Margaret’s site (Lawrence Avenue East and Morningside Avenue) with child care centre.
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19
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| 4
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Secord ES
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A replacement JK-5 school of 940 pupil places on the Secord site (Danforth Avenue and Main Street) with child care centre.
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16
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| 5
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Davisville Jr PS / Spectrum Alternative Sr School
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A 5-classroom addition of 118 pupil places on the Davisville building (Davisville Avenue and Yonge Street).
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8
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