IT'S A good news; bad news”

“scenario for: ‘the . West
“Vancouver School . District 45
‘1995-96 operating budget.

“WEST VANCOUVER
SCHOOL BOARD
-. By Glen Anwick

.. District 45 has. been able to
maintain. services but there will be
virtually no'new programs initiated
in the: district. because .of funding
’ constrainis.."' *

“-, Overall, the 1995-96 budget calls
‘.for:, ay, balanced’ expenditure of
$38.73 million, which works out to
‘ a cost per pupil i in the district of just
over $6,300. — a slight increase
. from the: 1994-95 - budget, which

“ Spenit: $37.47 million. fora per-stu-
“dent cost of $6,160," 6°:
= Provincial per-student funding i in
North: Vancouver .. District’ 44 for. :
1995-96 is $5,417.

“ Some : private! schools. ‘receive
“partial ® funding ; ‘from™the : govern-
“ment,’and private:school! tuition can)
be. as hight as $6,000 for a 10-month’

ne student -

District “45'-has. remained stable, |

“edging up to just under 6,150 pupils:.
» from Iast- year's final total of 6, 082...

‘The district’s lower-than- -average :

from: -the. Ministry » of

“and Hen costs in local revenues |
of just ‘under. $2 million ‘accounted

xpenditures include ‘sna million”

i and: $465 5,700. fr bene- ° :

15$114, 800, froma: Slot million ©
Ministry: of: ‘Education fund for its:

* Association

‘pop’ ulation. in,

up for last year's elimination of
department heads.

- Trustee Jean Ferguson said that
the board wanted to add numerous
programs requested by parents and
staff but had to “stay the course”
even if it meant increasing “pressure
and stress” on staff.

She singled out the district's
teachers for praise, congratulating
them for making do with fewer
resources, a move appreciated by
West Vancouver Teachers’
president Ron
MacQueen, :

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Board chairman Ken Haycock
suid trustees “did the best we could
with the dollars we were allocated”
but admitted frustration with
District 45°s being penalized for

efficiencies by the Ministry of

Education, especially for savings in
maintenance and operation.

Trustee Michael MacDougall
said the budget was “good today”
but the “district was “not out of the
woods vet.” He said a new province-
wide master collective agreement
with teachers could ultimately cre-
ate future funding problems.

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