Doomed to extinction

Dear editor:
If you have been following the struggle in education across this province, you are aware that Bill 74 has taken away the ability of nearly all high school teachers to be involved with extracurricular activities if they dedicate themselves to doing the job for which they are paid: to teach your children.
Unlike Fort Frances, where community volunteers have stepped in to keep programs running, in many schools and communities across this province extracurriculars are dead. This government could not be happier with one more opportunity for them to take more money out of education.
For myself and for many of you, extracurriculars made our high school days memorable or at least tolerable. But for your children and your grandchildren, this opportunity will likely disappear.
OFSAA, the governing body for high school sport, will shut down provincial championships as soon as less than 50 percent of the province participates–spelling the beginning of the end of intercollegiate sports.
This government will not listen to its teachers. It responds only to public pressure. If this fight is not picked up by the public and taken to Minister Ecker, school sport is doomed to extinction.
On that day, I shall mourn.
Sincerely,
Rick Wiedenhoeft