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Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, May 4,1994 9 School Board Givos ^ ew ^ xecutlve ^ or ^ omen ^ eac ^ ers ^ ssoc ' at ' on Approval to Budget With 1.45 % Increase Trustees with The Northumber- land-Clarington Board of Education on Thursday night, 28 unanimously approved the 1994 budget which will see an average 1.45 per cent increase in the mill rate. Wilf Day, chairperson of the Operations Operations and Fiance Committee, noted the budget which now stands at $141.7 million represents a drop of $11 million from the 1993 budget. "Removing capital items (money spent for new school construction in 1993), our operating budget represents, represents, for the first time ever, an overall decrease of 1.33 per cent from the 1993 budget levels." Board's operating costs per student are down 3.7° from 1993. Day said the Board's operating costs per student are down 3.7 per cent from 1993 but "due to provincial grant cuts, this overall decrease still translates into a 1.45 per cent increase in the average mill rate." The new budget translates into an approximate $12 increase on the education education portion of the average tax bill in the jurisdiction. Trustees met seven times to review the budget but were stalled reaching the final budget review because of "Ministry delays" in announcing provincial provincial grants, said Day. The budget means no cuts in program program or staff but will see supplies and services cut by three per cent (the majority majority of these budgets are school budgets), budgets), a reduction in rates paid to bus operators bringing the public board in line with the local separate school board, np new programs or proposals except for plant maintenance projects, and cuts in hydro and staff benefits costs. "The impact on the classroom is manageable," said board chaiiperson Judi Armstrong on Thursday night de- School enrolment keeps rising at about 2.4 % scribing the supplies and services cuts and the Social Contract cuts which resulted resulted in class sizes increasing on average average by one to two students. Day outlined the factors facing trustees in the budget talks and they included the impact of the social contract contract legislation, "increasing taxpayer exhaustion," growth pressures as en rollment keeps rising at about 2.4 per cent, the increasing impact of provincial provincial legislation in areas such as occupational occupational health and safety and Workers' Workers' Compensation, and "the provincial general legislative grants announcement of no new monies despite despite growth, which actually means grant cuts for Northumberland- Clarington." The topic was not without debate but trustees last night did approve a new "campaign for funds" policy for schools which will allow parent-based committees to operate raffles, games of chance or lotteries to raise funds for schools if the events are not held in the schools or on other board property- property- The above officers were inducted as the executive of Unit One of the Northumberland and Newcastle Women Teachers' Association at a meeting in the Ebenezer United Church, Courtice, on April 21. From left are: Roxanne Howell, Mary Ann Found, Jackie Beveridge, Karin Murphy, Barb Aiken, Jean Ann McPhee, Deb Reynolds, Ardyth Moorcroft, Muriel Blaker, and Lois Adams. Absent was Nancy Forest. If you are néw to Bowmanville... jU would like to call on you with Housewarming Gifts and information about your new location. 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