Living Sky facing lessened provincial funding due to lower enrolment
Living Sky School Division will see a decline in funding from the province for the 2018-19 school year, largely due to a decline in enrolment.
Board Chair Ronna Pethick said education funding increased in the province overall in the recent budget, but the Battlefords-area division will receive less money because of the decline in student numbers. The division will receive about $653,000 less funding for the next school year. As a result, the total funding it will receive from the province for the 2018-19 school year is $59,700,516.
“A good portion of that is due mainly to a decrease in enrolment of students, so that impacts us greatly,” Pethick said.
She said the division is projecting enrolment will decrease by about 100 students next year.