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Lingering deficit, drop in funding hamper school district Budget: Trustees eye service cuts next year Kristen Douglas Campbell RiveR miRRoR
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Firefighters extinguish a fire in the wall of a trailer being towed to a holiday in the Interior by its Sayward owners.
Trip to Interior interrupted by hot situation Kristen Douglas Campbell RiveR miRRoR
Two women were travelling from Sayward en route to the B.C. Interior when fire broke out in their trailer Friday morning. The women had just approached Campbell River and, after seeing smoke, pulled over to ask for direc-
tions to the nearest service shop. But the pair didn’t get very far and they were forced to pull over on the side of Redwood Street as heavy smoke started to pour out of the trailer. Fire Chief Ian Baikie said firefighters were called to the scene at 9:23 a.m. and discovered a small fire in the wall behind the trailer’s fridge.
“The fridge appeared to malfunction and fire burned inside the fridge,” Baikie said. “The lady had just bought (the trailer) a few days ago and she wasn’t from here.” Baikie said it was an unfortunate scenario. “Imagine being away from home and have that happen to you,” he said. “It was a sad situation.”
As the smoke got worse, the women pulled off the Island Highway in Campbellton and called 911. Firefighters were on scene for 45 minutes, pulled the fridge out of the trailer and took the walls apart to extinguish the fire. Baikie said fire crews put the fridge back into place so the women could continue on their way to a repair shop.
School District 72 is facing budget cuts for the next school year to deal with declining student enrolment. Going into last week’s board of education meeting, the board was looking at a $759,778 deficit for the 2014/15 school year budget. Kevin Patrick, secretary-treasurer for SD72, said that was largely based on a loss of provincial funding as well as a deficit from last year. “We had a funding reduction of $664,000 due to declining enrolment as well as a $398,000 structural deficit from the year before,” Patrick said. “We were able to reduce some of our expenses with needing less teachers because of a reduction in students.” Still, said Patrick, the reduction in students does not fully offset the loss in funding due to fewer students. So the board was forced to make cuts to its budget last week. The board was aided by SD72 staff who prepared a list of proposed costsavings taking into account feedback received through consultations with the Campbell River District Teachers’ Association, CUPE, the CampContinued on Pg. 3
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