Waterloo Region, ON – Trustees of the Waterloo Catholic District School Board have received the Board’s $333.6 million 2022-23 school year budget.
The budget vote is scheduled for 6 p.m., Monday, June 13, 2022.
Quick Facts
> The overall budget is as follows:
- Total Operating: $311.9 M — ($10.8 M change from 2021-22)
- Total Capital: $21.7 M — ($0.5 M change from 2021-22)
- Total Operating & Capital: $333.6 M — ($11.3 M change from 2021-22)
BUDGET BOOK
> As always, budget decisions are guided by the key priorities captured in the following plans:
- Multi-Year Strategic Plan
- Board Improvement Plan for Student Achievement
- Long Term Accommodation Plan
- Energy Conservation and Demand Management Plan
- Information Technology Strategic Plan
> Key funding areas of the operating budget include:
- Learning Services — $215.9 M
- Special Education – $40.2 M
- School Operations & Maintenance — $27.2 M
- Student Transportation — $7.9 M
- Adult & Continuing Education — $9.5M
- Board Administration — $11.2M
> The 2022-23 budget has the dual aim of both helping schools recover a sense of normalcy following the tumultuous 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, while also seizing on myriad new opportunities for innovation as we move forward in a vastly changed educational landscape.
> As in 2021-22, budget decisions have also been guided by ongoing in-school health and safety considerations, as we enter the post COVID-19 era.
The Waterloo Catholic District School Board, representing more than 96,000 Catholic school supporters, operates 48 schools and five adult education facilities serving more than 40,000 elementary, secondary and continuing education students in Waterloo Region – continuing a 186-year tradition of quality, inclusive, faith-based education. Follow us on Twitter: @WCDSBNewswire – #WCDSBAwesome.
