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Logo: TVO Kids News.

Daniel walks in the studio.

Daniel is in his twenties, with short curly brown hair and wears glasses, jeans, a gray TVO Kids T-shirt and an unbuttoned pale pink shirt.

He says WELCOME BACK TO
TVO K NEWS.
NOW YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED
THAT YOUR SCHOOL HAS A
LEAKY ROOF OR STAIRS THAT
NEED SOME FIXING.

On a screen behind him appears a picture of a school roof with the caption "School repair."

Daniel says YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF SCHOOL
ACROSS THE PROVINCE
THAT NEED URGENT REPAIRS DONE.
IN FACT, IN THE
TORONTO DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD,
THERE ARE SO MANY SCHOOLS
THAT NEED NEW ROOFS,
THAT IT IS GOING TO COST
80 MILLION DOLLARS
JUST TO FIX THEM.
THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ALL
THE OTHER SCHOOLS,
IN ALL THE OTHER SCHOOL BOARDS
ACROSS THE PROVINCE.
SOMETIMES, WHEN A SCHOOL HAS
BEEN NEEDING REPAIRS
FOR A LONG TIME, AND THOSE
REPAIRS DON'T COME FAST ENOUGH,
THE SCHOOL GETS SO
RUN DOWN THAT IT'S EASIER
AND LESS EXPENSIVE TO KNOCK
IT DOWN AND START AGAIN.
BUT, THIS HAS SOME CONSERVANCY
GROUPS CONCERNED.

Now a logo appears on the screen with the caption "Architectural Conservancy Ontario."

Daniel says NOW, THAT'S A WEIRD WORD,
BUT YOU PROBABLY KNOW
THE WORD "CONSERVANCY,"
BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED
ABOUT ENDANGERED ANIMAL SPECIES.
SO THERE ARE ALSO CONSERVANCY
GROUPS THAT ARE ALSO
WORRIED ABOUT PROTECTING OLD
SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
THE ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVANCY
GROUP OF ONTARIO,
THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY,
REALLY CARE ABOUT
OUR OLD BUILDINGS,
WANT MORE VALUE TO BE PLACED
ON TAKING CARE OF
OUR OLD SCHOOLS.
NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY
ARE BUILDINGS
WHERE KIDS GO TO LEARN,
BUT BECAUSE THEY TELL US A STORY
ABOUT OUR CULTURE AND PAST.
AND ONCE YOU KNOCK IT DOWN,
IT'S GONE FOREVER.
WOW, THAT'S A LOT TO
THINK ABOUT, EH?
OKAY, TVO KIDS, STAY TUNED FOR
MORE
TVO K NEWS
COMING UP NEXT.

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