US EditionVancouver Island School District Faces $2.5M Funding Deficit, Layoffs Loom
- The Qualicum School District faces a $2.5 million funding deficit for its 2025 budget of $72,124,658 due to declining enrolment and rising costs.
- The deficit results from enrolment falling by 97 full-time equivalent students, which reduced the preliminary operating grant and triggered provincial funding protection.
- The budget plans to cut positions across teachers, support staff, and administrators, including the disbandment of the teaching and learning team, which amounts to the workload of three full-time employees.
- Superintendent Peter Jory said the district must make reductions but expects the system to benefit from a 'Band-Aid rip' approach despite board and union opposition to the current budget.
- The funding shortfall and enrolment decline highlight ongoing financial challenges, leaving few budget options as reserves fall below the two percent threshold and future declines loom.
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