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New“ l~HlinCHllONlCl£~Wednesday lune 17 was Grand River Hospital . _ 2009 Annual Meeting Public school board passes balanced budget ' , BY LISA Ruru-DGE The public board will also be launching a distrim-wide pilot The Board of Directors 0' Grand River Spatial to the (Ihrvmcle project next year that will see schools and teachers communi- - cate with parents about events. programs and even homework HOSpltd W you n attend our Spite one sdiool Moe’s concerns about using $3.3 million via a web-based progarn, Parents can choose to receive notices annual meeting 0' the Mb” Of the in reserves, the Waterloo Region District School Board via phone. email or even text messaging. The program's cost is - . approved a $534-million budget last wed. estimated at $180,000. Grand M .105pr CW" on' Cambridge trustee Colin Harrington was the lone critic of Education director Linda Fabi said the concept was tested in the move to dip into the district's working fund reserves to bal- two of the region's schools and resulted in dramatic financial m June a m ance the public school board's 2009-10 budget. Concemed that and environmental savings. if student enrolment projections â€" which help determine “They have cut down the paper costs so substantially that it w All]. funding from the education ministry â€" are overestimated, he virtually paid for itself.” We WW argued the board could be caught financially short. Trustee Cindy Watson liked the idea. arguing that many hard . ' “Taking money from reserves is wrong headed," he said. dur- copy notices from school never make it home via children's 105 King Street East, Kitchener ing last week's special meeting to discuss the budget. backpacks “if we're keeping parents in the loop and informed, The school district's financial team proposed dipping into that's exactly what we should be doing.‘ . . reserve funds to be able to continue with numerous learning. A whistle blower hotline is also being treated for those who We look toward to sharing Wlth you technology and facility upgrade initiatives at a time when want to make anonymous complaints about bullying or sexual - - ~ provincial government has reduced grants for computer harassment. the navy DOSIUVB accomphshments upgrades and textbooks. The education ministry is pemianent- There will also be an increase in staff responsible for assess ‘ achieved by our organization ly allotting $752,000 less in grants for textbooks and learning ing threats. responding to traumatic incidents and providing during the past year materials and will be decreasing money for computer upgrades support and counselling to students and school employees ' by $753,168 for each year of a two-year period. Meanwhile. the Waterloo Catholic District School board has ‘ The newly approved budget will see reserve funds used to introduced its own 2009-2010 budget totalling $228 million. an t . offset these reductions as well as to implement a set of new increase of$l7 million over last year. GRAND" RIVER goals to help improve student success. 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