The school district had to work around a 3 million dollar budget cut at the start of the school year as part of belt tightening by the Alward Government.
Rob Fowler chairs the District 8 Education Council, and says the deficit isn't as bad as it might sound when you consider the size of the budget but the annual 2 per cent budget reductions mandated by the Alward Government don't appear to be working and changes were needed.
He's hoping the budget crunch won't be as tight when District 8 merges with Districts 6 and 10.
The school district saved money by deferring 270 thousand dollars worth of minor repairs on what are some of the oldest schools in the province. There were also spending reductions for tutoring.
