2011-2012 Budget
Overview P The most significant savings were
P The per kilometre rate for employee
P The 2011-2012 budget represents
P The Board continues to invest in full
achieved in two ways – the closure of the Educational Media Centre, for a savings of $625,500 and a reduction in the Early Reading Intervention Program, for a savings of $940,000. a decrease of 64 full-time equivalent positions, including 44 full-time equivalent teachers. A few non-teaching positions were eliminated through attrition.
P The Board also achieved savings
by reducing expenditures for professional learning for program, teaching and office staff and budgets for supplies in all areas, except schools.
travel decreased from .52 cents to .46 cents effective September 1, 2011. This brought the Board’s per kilometre rate in line with other public sector employers in the province. day, every day Junior Kindergarten as implementation of the full day Early Learning Kindergarten Program continues.
P The Board allocated one-time funding
for a new Student Information System called Trillium. Rainbow District School Board’s current student information system is being discontinued.
P The Board allocated funding for a
Co-ordinator for the Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) program, which continues to expand.
P In the area of capital, the Province of
Ontario provided ongoing funding to revitalize Rainbow Schools, including the expansion of classroom space to accommodate full day Early Learning Kindergarten.
P The budget also has some increases
in expenditures, including a refresh of computers for teaching staff as the Board continues to invest in technology in Rainbow Schools.
P The Learning to 18 Program,
P School renewal will include additions
to Algonquin Road Public School and R.L. Beattie Public School. The Province also announced $13.1 million in funding to replace MacLeod Public School with a new green school on the existing site.
Alta Bancroft and Restart were consolidated at Barrydowne College in Cambrian College in the fall of 2011, under the leadership of a dedicated Principal.
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Personnel Complement
Our human resources are our greatest asset. Teaching and non-teaching staff bring their individual and collective experience to the Board, making Rainbow Schools great places to learn. Rainbow Schools - Personnel
Teaching Elementary Schools Secondary Schools
Actual 2010-2011
Budget 2011-2012
599 414
575 394
63 17 12
61 15 8
Facilities
Since 1998, Rainbow District School Board has significantly consolidated its facilities to ensure the most effective and efficient use of space. This means less money is spent on facilities and more money is channeled directly into the classroom, where it will benefit students the most. The following figures do not include programs operated at the Ruth MacMillan Centre, Cecil Facer Secondary School, Barrydowne College, Frank Flowers School and N’Swakamok Native Alternative School.
Non-teaching Principals/Vice-Principals Consultants/Co-ordinators Itinerant Teachers Secretaries in schools/ The Gord Ewin Centre, Media Centre Custodial/Maintenance Early Childhood Educators Educational Assistants Technicians Student Services Aboriginal Support Workers Board Office Total
86 166 12 138 32 22 4 49 1614
84 161 12 141 25 22 4 48 1550
1998
2011-2012
Elementary Schools
45
37
Secondary Schools
12
9
Facilities
Administration Total
5
1
62
47