Thursday, April 8, 2010

School board budget news from around the Province...

From: No school closures, but 190 jobs on the line as Vancouver district wrestles with budget shortfall, Vancouver Sun, Thu Apr 8 2010. Janet Steffenhagen

“…district officials are proposing a wide range of spending cuts for 2010-11 that include the elimination of 113 teaching positions in areas such as special education, band and strings, ESL and school libraries. …”

“…Overall, 190 full-time positions would be lost, representing a 3.4-per-cent staff cut. “

From: School district cash crunch means 57 job cuts, Kamloops This Week, Wed Apr 7 2010. Melissa Lampman

“Starting at $5.4-million in the red, the Kamloops-Thompson board of education has succeeded in balancing next year's $123-million budget … secretary treasurer Kelvin Stretch said the district will need to chop 57.5 full-time teaching positions to make ends meet. “

“..Proposed in the budget is a reduction of 30 teaching staff, five principals and vice-principals, 21.6 support staff and one exempt staff.”

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