Saskatoon school divisions concerned with provincial budget
School division board chair Diane Boyko says the budget will make it difficult to get out of a financial hole while maintaining top-notch learning.
“We are finding ourselves with things like inflation, transportation, utilities, and teachers’ bargaining agreement. There are various circumstances where we are going to have to do makeup that backfill.Ultimately schools will have to find ways to save money, but at the same time not cut essentials tools for learning, which will be challenging.Saskatchewan education minister Dustin Duncan says while the budgets will be challenging, they can be done.
“Services they are able to provide, what that looks like, it’s based on enrolment. There is turnover every year of retiring teachers at the higher end of the grid, being replaced by teachers at the lower end of the grid. “We know there are major drivers, the narrow category of fuel costs, it’s a smaller slice of the pie for the budget.”Sask. mental health and addictions budget increased, nothing tagged for safe injection site
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