Music changes mulled for Victoria schools - Victoria Times Colonist
School districts can’t run deficit budgets, and all 60 in B.C. are required to submit a balanced budget each year by June 30.
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School districts can’t run deficit budgets, and all 60 in B.C. are required to submit a balanced budget each year by June 30.
Music programs in the Greater Victoria School District will not be cut, after trustees voted for other measures to cover a $3.8-million shortfall.
As the Greater Victoria School District looks to cut costs, it considers grouping elementary school stringed-instrument courses in middle-school hubs.
With a $4-million deficit looming, the Greater Victoria School District is holding a public meeting next week to collect input on budget priorities.
Elementary-school strings had been cut as a cost-saving measure by the Greater Victoria School District