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See page 3 for story.

NV School District 44 to slash $1M in 793-94, yet maintain staff levels

“NORTH -VANCOUVER School District 44 plans to cut

close to $1 million from its

budget without jaying off

‘employees for the 1993-94 school year.

Schools superintendent Robin
Brayne said the balanced budget
maintains staffing levels for the
1993-94 school year at 1992-93
levels.

The school board move avoids
staff reductions and layoffs.
Brayne added that staff will not
be increased io handle the
forecasted increase in student
enrolment.

. The district anticipates an in-
crease of 416. new students next
year.

Budget cutbacks include a vol-
untary cut of 4% in salary and

se

By Kevin Gillies
Contributing Writer

cash benefits to four senior ad-
ministrators earning more than
$100,000 annually -— the superin-
tendent of schools, two assistant
superintendents, and the secre-
tary-treasurer,

The administrators also volun-
tarily accepted an earning freeze
and extended their present con-
tracts to June 30, 1994.

The $97.7 million school district
expenditures for the fiscal year

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"NORTH VANCOUVER
SCHOOL BOARD

1993-94 include capital and debt
servicing costs. Administration
salaries account for 3.4% of ex-
penditures and total fabor costs
account for 89% of expenditures.

School trustees unanimously
passed a motion calling for a 5%
cut in money paid to them.

School trustees receive $12,000
annually for school board work.

Total cuts to the budget —
$976,100 —- were made in areas
such as field trip transportation,
resource materials, curriculum
support, seminars, library materi-

pre aie Reaee

THE NORTH

als, health, and supplies.

Budget reductions include:

e $392,000 in various resource
materials;

¢ $59,500 in field trip expenses;

© $49,200 in consulting, seminar
and curriculum support;

© $89,000 in operations
maintenance expenses;
* $56,500 in school
vices.

The budget calls for increases in
tuition fees for continuing educa-
tion (vocational, academic, and
general interest) as well as French
programs.

Increased revenues from these
areas are expected to be $142,000
and $35,000 respectively.

Earlier this year, the provincial

and

health ser-

MER PAE:

government cancelled a $2.6 mil-
lion special-purpose grant for the
upcoming school year.

“What we've been able to ac:
complish through a lot of hard
wort: and review, is to come in
with a budget that met the pro-
vincial requirements — money and
revenue limitations from the pro-
vincial government — but at the
same time address the concerns
that have been identified by both
CUPE (the Canadian Union of
Public Employees) and the NVTA
(the North Vancouver Teachers’
Association) with respect to
minimizing the direct, negative
impact on the classroom,’’ board
chairman Don Beil said.

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