Ahead of School District 57’s 2025/26 annual budget meeting, trustees seemed pleased with the draft.
It was presented at tonight’s (Tuesday) Board Meeting, breaking down parts of the budget, and the school district’s surplus.
This is the third budget cycle for Chair, Craig Brennan who highlighted the differences through the years.
“First one was very difficult, and the second had some challenges still. This is the first one where I feel like not only have moved the timeline up, but it just feels like everything is clear and better understood.”
“Some hard decisions were made in those first two years that are now setting us up to be a little more nimble and more adaptive.”
With the budget being in better shape, Brennan says they will start to shift to finish policy development work before the next board election in a year and a half.
The school district will have between $300,000 to $600,000 in surplus, with the higher end dependent on the Giscome Elementary School closure decision.
As of now, there is a potential increase to the operating budget of $650,000.
The school district will be taking public feedback about the 2025/26 draft annual budget starting tomorrow (Wednesday), until the 22nd, with final budget approval on May 13th.
Other items discussed during the meeting included the 2025/26 Capital Plan Bylaw, and the Strategic Plan.
More information about the meeting can be found here.
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