Thursday, May 30, 2013 • COMOX VALLEY RECORD
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The Comox Valley Board of Education unanimously passed the 2013-14 budget Tuesday. Faced with a projected $1.45-million shortfall in its $74.466 million operating budget, the finance committee recommended $826,000 in budget adjustments, and pulling $619,000 from the district’s operating reserve to balance it. District secretarytreasurer Russell Horswill noted the district
Do you love arts and crafts, great music and fabulous food? Are you passionate about your community? If so, you might consider volunteering at the 31st annual Filberg Festival from Aug. 2 to 5. Event organizers need people who can spare at least eight hours — and who can smile and don a pair of sensible shoes. “It’s a fantastic opportunity to get involved with the Filberg Festival,” producer Susan Lewis said. There will be various orientation events such as a barbecue and a volunteer appreciation party in August. “We take care of the volunteers well,” Lewis said. The festival uses about 300 volunteers. Organizers are still looking for about 50 people of all ages to man the entrance gates and take tickets, among other tasks. A few team leader spots have opened up. Environmental ambassadors — a new initiative — are also needed to help people recycle items in appropriate bins. A Festival Volunteer Drive is being held this Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. to Shake It Up at the Filberg. Attendees will be treated to a complimentary milkshake and entered in a chance to win two tickets to the Impossible Bird outdoor concert at the Filberg grounds July 4. For more information, visit www.filbergfestival.com or contact info@filbergfestival. com. will receive $971,000 less in Ministry of Education grants, plus some district expenses, like MSP rates and teacher pension rates, are on the rise. The finance commit-
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tee found savings in areas like removal of one-time costs, reductions to supplies and services costs, and a change in leave replacement protocols, seeing some district staff posi-
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tions left empty for the first day of leave. The leave replacement protocol will not include vital staff like teachers with classes to teach. The budget also sees full-time teach-
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ing positions reduced by five — a decision made using the teacher staffing matrix, which showed a need for five fewer teachers based on declining enrolment numbers in the district
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next year. Horswill noted the district normally receives extra government funding in December — it received $900,000 this past December. According
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Trustees pass school district budget unanimously to the committee, the funding likely coming this December could go back into the district’s operating reserve, offsetting the $619,000 removed to balance the budget.