WINNIPEG --
The board of trustees for the Pembina Trails School Division is facing a tough task when it comes to building a proposed budget for the 2021-22 school year.
"Without doubt this has been the most difficult budget that I and the board has faced since my career as a trustee. We have encountered a necessity to make some very, very difficult decisions," said Kathleen McMillan, who is the chair of the board of trustees.
The board released its draft budget on Friday and cited several difficult situations such as growing communities, inflation, an arbitration awarded to the teachers' association and on top of that there is the provincial freeze on the property tax levy and the pandemic.