The Manitoba government announced plans Monday to eliminate almost all elected school boards across the province (including the Flin Flon School Division board) and to amalgamate the FFSD with three other northern divisions. The changes are part of the provincial government’s Kindergarten-Grade 12 education review and Bill 64, the proposed “Education Modernization Act”, which was publicly released March 15. The report was formally completed last March, but its release was delayed for a full year due to COVID-19. The act was introduced in Manitoba’s legislature back in November, but the contents of the act were not made public, even to MLAs, until March 15.
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WINNIPEG - The Progressive Conservative government plans to eliminate all but one of Manitoba s elected school boards, merge school divisions and set up a provincewide education authority.
Education Minister Cliff Cullen said Monday changes to kindergarten to Grade 12 schooling are aimed at cutting $40 million in administration costs and redirecting the money to the classroom. Our system has more (school board) trustees per capita than anywhere else in Canada. Our administration expenses as a percentage of costs are higher than most other provinces, Cullen said.
WINNIPEG The Manitoba government has released its road map for ushering in sweeping new changes to the province’s education system. The plan calls for the province’s 37 school divisions to be merged into 15 different regions and locally elected school boards to be eliminated. It’s a move parent Debra Starr-Roulette hopes will result in more resources in the classroom. “School divisions should divide in half or divide in some way for more kids to get a better education,” said Starr-Roulette. “Or, to get more resources.” But not everyone is convinced the plan will lead to better student outcomes.
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WINNIPEG — The Progressive Conservative government plans to eliminate all but one of Manitoba s elected school boards, merge school divisions and set up a provincewide education authority.Education . . .