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Good news, bad news as SD43 looks at its books By Diane Strandberg THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Efforts to contain costs have resulted in a balanced budget for School District 43 so far this school year. But the district’s books — hammered with a multi-million-dollar deficit in the last year — are unlikely to withstand the barrage of risks and uncertainties to keep it that way. At Tuesday’s board of education meeting, SD43 finance staff told trustees district expenses matched revenue for the first half of the school year, in part because of higher than expected international education fees and by delaying supply funds to schools. But that rosy pictured was dampened by several clouds on the hori-
You otter see all the wildlife Port Coquitlam resident Diane Moran went out for a walk last week and, at a beaver pond near the Coquitlam River, spotted more than just the flattailed, buck-toothed, woodchomping creatures. She saw — and photographed — river otters (above), herons (right) and ducks (far right) as well as three eagles and a seagull. The pond is located in PoCo, between the Coquitlam River and Shaughnessy Street.
MORE ON ED. ■ CUPE has concerns over its endorsements: A14 ■ Province pushed for a teachers’ strike: A12 zon and the district’s financial officer, Chris Nicol, told trustees a small deficit is projected by the end of the year. That’s normal after a transition year, when $12.1 million in cuts had to be made to balance the books, but Nicol said the deficit is still an issue the board must consider. see ‘NO-MAN’S’, page A14
Schoenborn’s request for day passes denied By Gary McKenna THE TRI-CITY NEWS
Child-killer Allan Schoenborn has been denied a request he be allowed escorted community day-trips outside the walls of the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam, where he is currently housed. see ‘WE ARE VERY’, page A3
ALLAN SCHOENBORN