School District Caught Off Guard In Funding Change

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 08:21 PM

Prince George , B.C. - Any surplus School District 57 had hoped to have, and use for some extras, is gone.

The dollars are being frozen or put back into the budget for the year until the School District can sort out the impact of a new funding formula being used by the Province, the new formula means School District 57's budget isn't what it thought it would be.

The Board of Trustees got no warning of the change, and Trustees were in shock that there has been no consultation. The Trustees have agreed to write a letter to the Ministry of Education , protesting the change.

Chair Lyn Hall says the change has left him speechless, as the funding formula will have an impact on the entire district.

While the budget for School District 57 for the current school year is o.k., the Board doesn't know how the formula will impact future plans.

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Posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 08:21 PM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Andyfreeze on October 31 2007 7:26 AM

Shirley Bond has said it is being done to make up for an "administration error".
Explain please Shirley,and also explain why the money was cut with no consultation with the school districts in the middle of a school year??
So who screwed up?
A nasty bit of fun with numbers, and one that should cost Shirley Bond her job!!
Parents have a right to be furious over this and unfortunately,we are probably going to see more cuts in the near future.
Cut,cut,cut,...hell,we have to pay for the Olympic's somehow!
Nice to see where the Liberals priorities really are when it come to education!
Fire her!!

Posted by: metalman on October 31 2007 8:38 AM

No! don't fire her! They will just appoint some other person with soft damp palms to a position they know nothing about and it will take a year and a half to figure out what is going on, by then there will be one of those 'cabinet shuffles' and we start over, again. The school districts are overstaffed, underfunded, inefficient and a waste of taxpayers' money.
metalman.

Posted by: Andyfreeze on October 31 2007 9:18 AM

...a certian amount of truth in what you are saying metalman,but you never know,maybe if they fired her useless ass they just might give the job to somebody who DOES know what they are doing?
( what am I thinking..there is not much chance of THAT happening anytime soon!)

Posted by: lunarguy on October 31 2007 9:41 AM

You are right metalman, the school districts are underfunded.

Posted by: seamutt on October 31 2007 10:59 AM

Kiddies Maui Campbell thanks you for your sacrifice in attending rundown schools for the good of the olympics and the convention centre.

Posted by: owl on October 31 2007 11:03 AM

I was wondering how come the SD was able to carry forward surpluses so that they could fund a construction project at CH Secondary without having to get funds through the Ministry.

Does anyone who is not in the Ministry or on the Board really know what kind of games are being played and who is playing them? I suspect everyone is playing a bit of cat and mouse.

As I understand it, in the case of Districts which have a high percentage of part time students they may have been getting a bit of a windfall since 2002 since each student was guaranteed to bring in a 0.5FTE fund, even thought they may only be taking one course. It was argued that the rest would be required for administrative costs.

That is the way I understand it. If I am mistaken in that, someone can maybe explain it better with some inside knowledge.

Posted by: acrider54 on October 31 2007 3:00 PM

As all school districts in the 250 exchange