Prince Albert Daily Herald
The Prince Albert Catholic School division said its provincial funding allocation has been cut.
The division’s board was given a breakdown Monday of the numbers included in the April 6 budget.
According to numbers provided in a memo, the Prince Albert Catholic School Division operating funding allocation for Sept. 1 to August 31 dropped from $,29,982,000 in 2020-2021 to $29,385,000 in 2021-2022, or $598,000, which equals a two per cent drop year over year.
Director of education Lorel Trumier saw the decrease as meaningful.
“It’s significant in that anytime you have a decrease you are forced to try do the same work with less. We do know that those numbers are driven by enrolment and at this point in this particular school year we did see a reduction of enrolment,” Trumier said.
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The Prince Albert Catholic School Division announced on Friday they have nearly completed their project to improve air quality within each of their schools.
The school board has been working on improving air quality in its schools since the early days of the pandemic in the spring of 2020, shortly after it was discovered that COVID-19 was an airborne virus.
“The Board of Education proactively knew air quality was extremely important and rallied to proceed to approve the project,” said board chair Suzanne Stubbs in a statement. Stubbs credits the Board of Education, school division personnel, and the associated contractors for their commitment to completing the project while improving conditions for students and staff.