2009-2010 Preliminary Budget Shortfalls Table

Please note that the list below is a work in progress. As more information becomes available we will add it to the table. If you'd like to submit some information for inclusion please contact Heather Fussell.

SD 8 (Kootenay Lake)  $600,0001
SD 20 (Kootenay-Columbia)
 $476,5002
SD 22 (Vernon)  $2.7 million3
SD 23 (Central Okanagan)   $3 million4
SD 33 (Chilliwack)  $4 million5
SD 36 (Surrey)
 $9.53 million6
SD 37 (Delta)  $3 million7
SD 38 (Richmond)
 $4.2 million8
SD 39 (Vancouver)   $7.12 million9
SD 40 (New Westminster)  $3.147 million10
SD 41 (Burnaby)  $1.75 million11
SD 42 (Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows)
 $3 million12
SD 43 (Coquitlam)  $4.141 million13
SD 44 (North Vancouver)  $3.2 million14
SD 45 (West Vancouver)  $1.3 million15
SD 51 (Boundary)  $910,00016
SD 57 (Prince George)
 $2.2 million17
SD 61 (Greater Victoria)  $500,00018
SD 62 (Sooke)  $800,00019
SD 63 (Saanich)   $3.644 million20
SD 67 (Okanagan-Skaha)  $1.74 million21
SD 68 (Nanaimo-Ladysmith)  $2 million22
SD 70 (Port Alberni)  $753,00023
SD 71 (Comox Valley) 
 $726,37924
SD 73 (Kamloops/Thompson)  $4.3 million25
SD 79 (Cowichan Valley)  $1.6 million26
 SD 83 (North Okanagan-Shuswap)  $950,00027

1School District No. 8 (Kootenay Lake) Analysis of Ministry of Education Funding for the 2009/2010 School Year, N.D. Link to report.

2Dave Thompson, "Crunch Time for School District," Trail Times, 13 April 2009.

3SD No. 22 (Vernon), SD No. 22 (Vernon) Approves Preliminary Operating Budget for 2009-2010 School Year, 6 May 2009. Link to press release.

4Kevin Parnell, "School District Faces $3-million Shortfall," Kelowna Capital News, 31 March 2009.

5Katie Robinson, "Education Funding Not Keeping Pace With Inflation, Say Trustee," The Cilliwack Progress, 13 April 2009. Link to article.

6Surrey Board of Education, "Budget Brief," Connections, 24 March 2009. Link to document

7Sandor Gyarmati, "Funding Increase Will Have Little Effect on Defecit," The Delta Optimist, 21 March 2009. Link to article.

8Bruce Beairsto, Superintendent of Schools, School District No. 38 (Richmond) Operating Grant for the 2009/2010 School Year, Memorandum, 1 April 2009. Link to document

9Vancouver Board of Education, Vancouver Board of Education 2009/2010 Budget, Backgrounder, N.D. Link to backgrounder.

10Burnaby Board of Education, Budget Presentation, 1 April 2009. Link to presentation.

11Board of Education, School District #30 (New Westminster), 2009/10 Preliminary Operating Budget, 28 April 2009. Link to report.

12School District No. 42 (Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows) Board Meeting Highlights, 25 March 2009.  Link to document.

13School District No. 43 (Coquitlam), 2009/10 Preliminary Budget Position, Memorandum, 27 March 2009. Link to document.

14James Weldon, "West Van School District Short $1.3M," North Shore News, 25 March 2009. Link to article.

15See note 6.

16Jim Holtz, "Grand Forks School District Facing Cuts," Trail Daily Times, 4 May 2009.

17250 News, "School District 57 Facing Budget Crunch", 250 News, 15 April 2009.  Link to article.

18Kerrie-Ann Schoenit, "Greater Victoria School District Faces $500,000 Budget Shortfall," Oak Bay News, 16 March 2009. Link to article.

19School District No. 62 (Sooke), Ad hoc Finance Committe, Minutes of the Meeting of March 26th, 2009, Minutes, 26 March 2009. Link to minutes.

20School District No. 63 (Saanich), 2009/10 Budget Challenge, Background Information, N.D. Link to information.

21John Arendt, "School Budget Faces Shortfall," Summerland Review, 8 April 2009. Link to article.

22Robert Baron, "School District Faces $2M Shortfall" Nanaimo Daily News, 16 April 2009. Link to Article.

23Alberni Valley News, "SD 70 Facing Deficit Next Year," 9 April 2009.

24SD 71 (Comox Valley), 09/10 Partner Group Meeting, Slide Show, N.D., slide 42. Link to presentation.

25SD No. 73 (Kamloops/Thompson), Draft Budget for 2009-2010, N.D. Link to presentation.

26Krista Siefken, "Cowichan School District Grapples With $1.6-million Shortfall," Cowichan News Leader, 25 March 2009. Link to article.

27Vernon Morning Star News, "District Short on Budget Shortfall Prediction," 21 April 2009. Link to article.