Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board Trustees says they’ve begun reviewing the proposed budget for the 2024-2025 school year.
“The proposed budget brought forward by administration reflects the priorities established within our strategic plan to establish strong learning foundations for students, support students and staff in their well-being and belonging at school, and enrich the communities we serve,” says Angela Lloyd, Chairperson, Budget Committee. “As always, there are areas of our budget where we continue to experience cost pressures. We will continue our ongoing work to look at efficiencies across central areas of our board’s operations to focus on maintaining and prioritizing people and classroom supports.”
“The challenge remains that our available discretionary spending continues to be under pressure with the vast majority of our budget – over 80% – earmarked for designated costs,” says Lloyd.
“Our strategic plan identifies key priorities for our schools and school board, and guides our planning and decision-making, including how we allocate our budget,” says Lloyd, “While it’s always difficult to make choices amongst all the important initiatives we are engaged in, those priorities are the framework to guide the decisions that are made as we work towards an approved budget.”
Enrolment for the next school year is expected to be 35,756 students.
Discussions will continue at the next Budget Committee meetings on May 29 and June 3, 2024, as Trustees work towards finalizing the budget.
Budget information can be found at: www.kprschools.ca
(Written by: Joseph Goden)
