The Sooke School Board’s $206-million budget for 2023-24 includes 34.6 more full-time-equivalent classroom teachers
The Sooke and Saanich school boards have filed their 2023-24 budgets without the same wrangling that the Greater Victoria School Board faced in covering a $3.8-million budget shortfall.The Greater Victoria board approved a $300.7-million budget last month that was balanced in part with a 10 per cent across-the-board cut to all departments.For the Sooke School Board, its $206-million budget for 2023-24 includes an increase of $17.5 million over last year’s budget.
Keeping up with rising student enrolment continues to be an issue in the district, one of the fastest-growing in the province. The Sooke School District had a record jump of more than 800 students in 2021 and added about 600 more in 2022. It currently has about 12,000 students and is anticipated to grow by up to 300 students annually over the next 15 years.
Balancing the budget involved drawing on contingency reserves for almost $1.7 million, which means only about $200,000 in contingency funds is expected to be left by the end of the year, said secretary-treasurer Jason Reid.
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