Public school budget attempts to limit frontline impact
The Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division budget has been spread thin as it is forced to grapple with a $3.6 million funding shortfall from the provincial government.
Director of Education Robert Bratvold, believing the division did their best to curb classroom impact, said it was naive to think any cuts would not have a trickle down effect.
“We have done the very best we can to insulate them from that impact,” he said. “Now sure, that may mean there are not fewer teachers in front of kids, but those teachers will not have the same access to support and consultant positions, so that is going to impact their practice.”
Monday, board members approved the divison’s 2017-18 budget. In an effort to mitigate impacts to frontline services, the budget sees cuts blanketed across numerous areas in the division