durhamregion.com | This Week | Thursday, September 22, 2022 | Family owned & operated since 1955 #1 VOTED APPLIANCE STORE IN DURHAM! 2212 TaunTon Road, HampTon 905-263-8369 • 1-800-798-5502 • www.PaddysMarket.ca Pa ddy 's MarketThe Appliance Specialist SEPTEMBER 29 - NOVEMBER 2, 2022 *See Sales Associate for details and list of qualifying models. RON KAPUSCINSKI ELECT Whitby Regional Council Accountable Accessible Trustworthy On October 24th, I am asking for your vote RONKAPUSCINSKI.CA RE-ELECT Chris Leahy & Steve Yamada Regional Councillor chrisleahy.ca steveyamada.ca Regional Councillor Chris Leahy 905-922-5079 Your Trusted Voice on Council Regional Councillor Steve Yamada 289-987-8383 Delivering Results for You! From staffing and class sizes to new schools, funding is at the heart of many hot button education issues in Ontario. But how does it work? Is it the Ministry of Education that makes funding decisions, or the local school board trustees? How is money allocated to boards? With the Oct. 24 municipal election on the horizon and voters across Ontario set to elect school board trustees, what better time to brush up on the basics of education funding? HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? The province is spending $26.6 billion on education funding for HOW DOES EDUCATION FUNDING WORK IN ONTARIO? See 'FUNDING', page 7 JILLIAN FOLLERT jfoller t@durhamregion.com Reporter Jillian Follert explains how the province funds the education system. Paulin Hrebacka/Metroland HOSTING AN EVENT? POST IT. PROMOTE IT. DURHAMREGION.COM /EVENTS