Our district is making headlines across the province - come to tonight's COPACS meeting to learn more about the budget crisis and find out what you can do!
7pm, District Resource Centre behind Keating Elementary.
'Several other school districts are facing deficits, including Richmond, where there is a $4.2-million shortfall, and Saanich, on Vancouver Island, where trustees passed a so-called balanced budget that includes a line item of $984,000 called “anticipated revenue from government.” Saanich trustees are calling on the government to reverse the requirement for administrative savings and to pay for mandatory technical upgrades of nearly $1 million so that they can balance their budget without cutting services.'