Catholic Board Faces Budget Shortfall

The Northwest Catholic District School Board will begin the next school year with a sizable deficit.

Superintendent of business Chris Howarth says the more than $930-thousand shortfall was brought upon by increasing expenses and declining revenues from the province.

"Unfortunately we had to trim the literacy coach teaching position in the school which saved approximately half-a-million dollars," says Howarth. "We were able to maintain all of our other programs and we were actually able to expand a few of them where we could. The province is in difficult fiscal times and this is kind of a reflection of that."

Four-and-a-half positions will be eliminated with the end of the Literacy coach program.