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Raising concerns over provincial funding cuts including reduced supports for at-risk kids that one trustee called “cruel” public school officials gave next year’s $1.3-billion budget a final stamp of approval Thursday.
Despite growing enrolment and ongoing challenges around special needs students, the Calgary Board of Education received flat funding from the UCP government for 2021-22, forcing them to stretch limited resources in a year expected to involve a myriad of post-pandemic difficulty.
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Amid ongoing challenges of growing enrolment and flat funding for next year, public school officials are still hoping for a “near-normal” return to class this fall with a significant drop in COVID-related costs.
As trustees with the Calgary Board of Education consider the 2021-22 operating budget this week, officials remain optimistic that all students will be able to benefit from in-person learning next year, with few disruptions like the ones they’ve faced since March 2020.
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Amid ongoing challenges of growing enrolment and flat funding for next year, public school officials are still hoping for a “near-normal” return to class this fall with a significant drop in COVID-related costs.
As trustees with the Calgary Board of Education consider the 2021-22 operating budget this week, officials remain optimistic that all students will be able to benefit from in-person learning next year, with few disruptions like the ones they’ve faced since March 2020.
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