school board poll resultsA  recent survey put out by the Ontario government asked the question about amalgamating Catholic and Public school boards.

The response in the survey showed most respondents were not in favour of pursuing that model.

Chair of the Near North District School Board Dave Thompson says regardless of the results there should be more thought put into such a survey.

Thompson says they keep skirting around the issue by having small surveys that don’t represent a majority of the population.

He says when the next election comes around in 2018 there should be a referendum to gauge the true feelings of the public.

Thompson says they need to look at fairness.

There are schools that are not to full capacity with declining enrolment.

He says everyone talks about efficiencies and saving money and this is a way to achieve that.