Toronto school trustees will vote tonight on a proposal to extend the use of video screens in city high schools and include advertising on the monitors.
The screens have been in place, without ads, in four downtown schools in a pilot test for the past year.
They have been running student generated videos and messages of general interest to the students.
Trustees of the Toronto District School Board will consider a proposal to expand the program to 70 schools, and have the screens run advertising one-third of the time.
Schools would receive $1,300 per year for allowing the ads.
A number of trustees who oppose the plan say students don’t go to school to watch advertising.
