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08/29/2006 Archived Entry: "Board Budget Finalized - Outdoor Education and some Spec. Ed. positions saved"

After a long meeting last night, the school board has finailized a 2006-2007 budget that avoids some of the painful special education and outdoor education cuts.

The original proposal can be found on the board's we site. The last minute modifications by trustees re-instated these programs:

• Reinstate Planning Position - $43K
• Reinstate Occupational/Physiotherapist Positions (2.2 FTE) - 146K
• Reinstate Braillist Position (1.0 FTE) - 29K
• Reinstate Audiologist Services - 9K
• Reinstate Community Living Summer Program - 500K
• Reinstate Speech & Language Pathologists Positions (3.0 FTE) - 263K
• Reinstate Outdoor Education Centres (10.5 FTE) - 587K
• Reinstate Educational Assistants (20.0 FTE) - 832K
• Reinstate Multicultural Liaison Officers - 180K
• Reinstate Social Worker Positions (2.0 FTE) - 158K
• Reinstate Psychologist Position (1.0 FTE) - 96K
• Reinstate English as a Second Language Position (1.0 FTE) - 80K
• Special Education Review Implementation - 80K
• Reinstate School Budgets (Partial) - 314K