The Rainbow District School Board has laid off an unspecified number of non-teaching staff has it wrestles with a tough budget. The board has also reduced professional learning for staff and cut some programs. The cutbacks are the result of a budget shortfall of almost $1.7 million. The shortfall is the result of the province giving the board less money because of ongoing declining enrolment. When school starts up again this fall, the board is expecting a further drop of 279 full-time equivalent students. The board balanced its $183 million budget by using $463-thousand from its reserve fund.
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Non-teaching staff cut in budget shortfall
Rocco Frangione
I've been a broadcast journalist for three-plus decades in Northern Ontario. I'm a graduate of Algonquin College's radio and television arts program and prior to that, an honours grad from Carleton University's philosophy program.
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