Preparing for a new provincial budget and possible cuts in education funding, aligning with the new Education Act and pushing for an increase to transportation funding are on tap for the Pembina Hills school division in 2015, says board chair Kim Webster. The big news at the end of the year is that the province is in store for lean times as a huge drop in oil prices may cost the government up to $7 billion in revenue. Webster said they hope to see education remain as one of the top two priorities when the 2015 provincial budget is announced. “Whatever comes out of that budget announcement in March, we will figure out how to make it work well for kids in the classroom and for ADLC, and then we’ll find out where we need to advocate from there,” she said. Pembina Hills had a busy year in terms of capital projects over 2014, with the opening of the new Pembina North Community School this fall, the subsequent closure of Jarvie and W.R. Frose School in Fawcett, and the start of construction on the new Neerlandia Public Christian School. See more in this weeks print or e-editions or at westlocknews
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 21:22:16 +0000
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