{"id":6038,"date":"2015-07-08T15:04:55","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T15:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=6038"},"modified":"2015-07-08T15:05:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T15:05:16","slug":"schools-spared-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2015\/07\/08\/schools-spared-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools spared closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em>SWLSB passes austerity budget<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"www.thesuburban.com\">By Robert Frank<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During its June 29 council meeting, Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB) succeeded in passing a balanced budget for the coming school year, despite drastic cutbacks imposed by the provincial government.<\/p>\n<p>The $600,000 in reductions came largely at the cost of jobs, some of them at the school board\u2019s head office, SWLSB chair Jennifer Maccarone told\u00a0<em>The Suburban.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe majority of the abolitions that the executive committee agreed to affected positions that were already vacant or entailed positions that will not be filled after an employee retires,\u201d she said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>Maccarone was unable to specify the number the number of positions to be cut or the total number of person-years of employment reductions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s difficult to say how many positions,\u201d she said. \u201cSome are 30 per cent, some 20 per cent. I can say that only one person has to date found themselves without employment. There is always an impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She credited her predecessors for having helped keep SWLSB out of deficit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were some tough decisions made by the outgoing council,\u201d she acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p>SWLSB spared special needs students, whose programs were under review.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe said no cuts to special needs, despite the cutbacks,\u201d Maccarone said. \u201cWe\u2019re actually investing more in special needs to maintain services there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cutbacks have lowered the amount that SWLSB spends on overhead \u201cto about 3.4 per cent now, with the additional cuts departments are making.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maccarone expressed relief that the Couillard government backtracked on measures that might have forced SWLSB to close some of its schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a scary situation that put school boards in a position where they would have had to make decisions that don\u2019t support student success,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen you cover a territory the size of SWLSB, how longs are the kids supposed to stay on the school bus, when some of them already have and hour-and-a-half commute each way?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/141102-Jennifer-Maccarone-3-SWLSB-election-night.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5879 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/141102-Jennifer-Maccarone-3-SWLSB-election-night-273x300.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cQuebec must protect its English minority,\u201d said Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board chair Jennifer Maccarone.\" width=\"273\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/141102-Jennifer-Maccarone-3-SWLSB-election-night-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/141102-Jennifer-Maccarone-3-SWLSB-election-night.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SWLSB passes austerity budget By Robert Frank During its June 29 council meeting, Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB) succeeded in passing a balanced budget for the coming school year, despite drastic cutbacks imposed by the provincial government. 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