District receives final funds despite drop in student enrolment
By Timothy Schafer
The Kootenay Lake school district’s overall enrolment numbers are down 115 students, corresponding to a 2,367 drop province-wide, as final student numbers from the Province roll in.
School District No. 8 had a final total of 5,031 students enrolled district wide in full time programs as recorded in June, down from the 5,146 estimated in March.
Even still, the district will be getting $233,000 from the Province as part of their final grant for their 2010/11 school budget of $50.1 million.
School districts around the province are receiving a total of $12.3 million as the final portion of their 2010-11 school year funding. These funds have been made available because overall student enrolment was lower than districts had estimated.
B.C.’s school districts receive funding for every student they enrol. Preliminary funding for SD8 for the 2010-11 year was determined last March based on district enrolment estimates.
At the time, the district estimated total student enrolment was 5,146 — and 557,439 total across the province — for the 2010-11 school year. Actual enrolment was 5,031 —555,072 across BC — 115 students fewer than anticipated.
In December 2010, districts shared $47.1 million in holdback funding at $88 per FTE student because September enrolment was lower than estimated.
At that time, enrolment in the Kootenay Lake School District had risen, albeit marginally, with a corresponding jump of almost $1.2 million in extra funding from the Province.
According to preliminary figures released by the Ministry of Education, SD8 saw their 5,038 full-year enrolment from 2009/10 bump to 5,080 for the new school year — the 13th highest gain in the province.
Two years ago SD8 lost around 120 students, and 80 fewer students were enrolled last year. The drop in enrolment forced reorganization and reconfiguration of schools in SD8 in 2007 when the district reconfigured schools in Nelson so elementary schools were K to Grade 5, Trafalgar became a Grade 6 to 8 middle school and LV Rogers took on Grade 9 to 12 students.
The five years of reconfiguration saw the closure of several schools in the Nelson area, including Central Elementary School, Gordon Sargent Primary and AI Collinson on the North Shore.
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5
Southeast Kootenay
49,940,064
48,782,298
1,157,766
5,328
5,301
28
6
Rocky Mountain
31,418,591
30,877,374
541,217
3,191
3,111
81
8
Kootenay Lake
50,128,560
49,895,560
233,000
5,031
5,146
-115
10
Arrow Lakes
7,310,068
7,208,878
101,190
569
545
25
19
Revelstoke
9,997,205
9,955,385
41,820
988
1,006
-18
20
Kootenay-Columbia
36,219,421
36,042,760
176,661
3,924
3,858
65
22
Vernon
71,300,160
69,532,415
1,767,745
8,466
8,275
191
23
Central Okanagan
171,785,420
167,129,388
4,656,032
21,799
21,741
58
27
Cariboo-Chilcotin
53,779,611
53,639,703
139,908
5,377
5,397
-20
28
Quesnel
35,567,174
35,342,599
224,575
3,635
3,609
26
33
Chilliwack
104,939,742
102,392,697
2,547,045
13,151
13,326
-175
34
Abbotsford
150,941,534
147,605,715
3,335,819
19,128
19,283
-154
35
Langley
147,207,248
142,508,301
4,698,947
18,637
18,516
121
36
Surrey
538,564,081
529,339,506
9,224,575
69,254
69,111
143
37
Delta
127,881,087
126,446,537
1,434,550
16,097
16,028
69
38
Richmond
174,984,835
172,290,974
2,693,861
22,414
22,638
-224
39
Vancouver
452,097,508
447,812,043
4,285,465
57,133
58,316
-1,183
40
New Westminster
52,859,542
52,361,278
498,264
6,839
6,797
43
41
Burnaby
190,553,280
188,983,775
1,569,505
24,896
25,377
-482
42
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
113,722,259
113,766,233
-43,974
14,281
14,543
-263
43
Coquitlam
236,728,706
231,511,169
5,217,537
30,963
30,829
134
44
North Vancouver
124,591,306
120,375,807
4,215,499
15,676
15,385
291
45
West Vancouver
51,491,874
49,453,875
2,037,999
6,550
6,394
156
46
Sunshine Coast
33,643,173
33,916,691
-273,518
3,232
3,354
-122
47
Powell River
21,589,988
21,462,951
127,037
2,215
2,271
-57
48
Sea to Sky
36,203,475
35,028,345
1,175,130
4,083
4,029
54
49
Central Coast
4,926,819
4,927,428
-609
232
240
-9
50
Haida Gwaii
9,735,999
9,789,712
-53,713
662
662
0
51
Boundary
15,787,921
15,717,834
70,087
1,375
1,392
-17
52
Prince Rupert
25,588,903
25,499,725
89,178
2,263
2,304
-42
53
Okanagan Similkameen
23,875,089
23,991,380
-116,291
2,433
2,509
-76
54
Bulkley Valley
23,270,655
23,757,788
-487,133
2,378
2,507
-129
57
Prince George
121,176,590
119,884,666
1,291,924
13,719
13,688
31
58
Nicola-Similkameen
24,968,799
24,954,342
14,457
2,531
2,556
-24
59
Peace River South
42,569,863
42,405,115
164,748
4,066
4,067
-1
60
Peace River North
53,240,207
53,556,326
-316,119
5,566
5,757
-191
61
Greater Victoria
151,162,237
149,007,733
2,154,504
19,163
19,263
-100
62
Sooke
74,468,044
72,974,551
1,493,493
8,931
8,834
98
63
Saanich
64,181,929
64,233,954
-52,025
7,732
7,911
-179
64
Gulf Islands
16,024,201
15,745,991
278,210
1,516
1,453
63
67
Okanagan Skaha
55,115,233
54,817,960
297,273
6,329
6,487
-159
68
Nanaimo-Ladysmith
118,411,575
116,930,251
1,481,324
13,884
14,094
-209
69
Qualicum
40,455,704
40,354,166
101,538
4,291
4,454
-163
70
Alberni
37,999,983
37,599,999
399,984
4,176
4,261
-84
71
Comox Valley
72,235,769
71,245,418
990,351
8,478
8,352
126
72
Campbell River
49,483,587
49,042,732
440,855
5,420
5,380
40
73
Kamloops/Thompson
123,106,155
121,488,031
1,618,124
14,618
14,433
186
74
Gold Trail
20,401,734
20,384,181
17,553
1,339
1,305
34
75
Mission
53,171,093
53,269,298
-98,205
6,296
6,488
-192
78
Fraser-Cascade
19,459,823
19,391,365
68,458
1,843
1,881
-38
79
Cowichan Valley
70,788,806
70,324,071
464,735
8,294
8,269
25
81
Fort Nelson
9,560,407
9,518,917
41,490
860
825
35
82
Coast Mountains
51,618,731
51,124,842
493,889
5,065
5,123
-59
83
North Okanagan-Shuswap
62,477,565
61,881,452
596,113
6,764
6,702
62
84
Vancouver Island West
6,877,711
6,770,302
107,409
442
425
18
85
Vancouver Island North
18,510,699
18,378,215
132,484
1,531
1,525
6
87
Stikine
5,662,261
5,655,009
7,252
202
205
-4
91
Nechako Lakes
51,271,874
50,763,792
508,082
4,911
4,850
62
92
Nisga’a
7,131,673
7,185,015
-53,342
441
453
-13
93
Conseil scolaire francophone
58,558,397
59,153,691
-595,294
4,466
4,600
-134
Holdback
63,610,646
Other Allocations
4,641,452
4,365,245
Provincial Totals
4,663,363,400
4,663,363,400
63,334,439
555,072
557,439
-2,367
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