2024/25 Budget Consultation

The Winnipeg School Division Board of Trustees is now working on WSD’s 2024/25 budget.

The Board develops the budget based on consultations with our school communities.

What you said

Improve student success

• Smaller class sizes
• Improved classroom instruction
• Greater academic engagement
• Increase attendance and higher graduation rates
• Better maths and literacy achievement
• More learning support teachers in schools

Create “Sticky” schools

• Universal nutrition program
• Phase-in no-fee lunch supervision
• Replace three school playgrounds annually
• Build powerful neighbourhood schools

Community Supports

• Enhance school safety
• Improve settlement services for newcomers and expand adult EAL to the Shaughnessy Park area
• Develop RB Russell Career Lab

The province’s education funding announcement of a 1% increase ($2.6 million) to WSD does not cover the increased costs the division is experiencing, which include:

• Salary contract settlements
• Service agreement inflation
• Current programs and resources inflation

As a first step, the division has identified almost $4 million in administrative savings for the 2024/25 budget.

To meet the needs of our school communities, additional revenue is needed. A possible 3.4% increase to the property education tax, keeping in line with the rate of inflation, would mean WSD can:

• Maintain current programs and services
• Provide for fully funded nutrition and food programs
• Provide $2.4 million allocation toward budget priorities as communicated by you

*Property education tax levy proposal 3.4% or $51 per average household (2024 average value of home in WSD $246,700). A rebate committed by the province will reduce the net amount

Alternatively, a 3% property education tax increase would allow for a budget that maintains current programs and services and a fully funded nutrition program, but would reduce allocations toward budget priorities brought forth by our school communities.

The Board of Trustees is hosting a budget consultation open to the public on February 26 at 7 p.m. at Tec Voc High School. 
Input on the draft budget can be submitted by email to board@wsd1.org, in writing to 1577 Wall Street East, Winnipeg, MB R3E 2S5 or by registering at 204-775-0231 no later than February 22 to appear in person.