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WSD Financial Facts-Part 3

August 21, 2023

WSD Financial Facts.pdf

PART 1: INTRODUCTION
PART 2: REVENUES
PART 3: EXPENDITURES
    Total Expenses
    Teacher Staffing Details - Elementary and Secondary
    Substitute Teacher Costs
    School Administration Costs
    Transportation
    Information Technology
    Facility Services
    Infrastructure
PART 4: FINANCIAL POSITION (BALANCE SHEET)

Part 3 - Expenditures

Total Expenses

Winnipeg School Division expenses are largely comprised of labour related costs (salary and benefits) for all staff. In any given fiscal year, this typically represents about 85% of total expenditures. The central administration costs are 2.7% of WSD’s total operating expenses.

Total Expenses

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

Annualized
% Change over 
5 Years
 

EXPENSES BY CATEGORY

 

 

 

 

 


INSTRUCTION 

 

 

 

 

 


Classroom Teachers 

 184,725,196 

 186,659,247 

 195,560,007 

 204,056,885 

 201,002,569 

-

Substitute Teachers 

 6,255,399 

 6,336,308 

 4,046,087 

 3,919,127 

 6,109,968 

-

Clinicians 

 10,144,225 

 10,047,288 

 10,496,823 

 10,734,240 

 11,497,372 

-

Educational Assistants 

 39,319,414 

 37,901,514 

 38,327,094 

 43,399,454 

 37,966,089 

-

Technical and Specialized 

 2,991,640 

 3,073,004 

 2,911,315 

 3,068,743 

 2,432,586 

-

Principals and Vice Principals 

 14,823,306 

 15,313,160 

 15,837,422 

 15,698,564 

 16,064,477 

-

School Office 

 8,389,617 

 8,241,130 

 8,737,583 

 8,700,487 

 7,142,062 

-

Computer Technicians 

 2,123,191 

 2,049,044 

 2,231,662 

 2,060,096 

 1,731,839 

-

Benefits on salaries 

 19,148,345 

 19,451,256 

 20,217,044 

 21,102,033 

 20,992,790 

-

Services 

 6,094,587 

 8,763,565 

 5,588,328 

 5,355,180 

 4,768,991 

-

Supplies, materials and equipment 

 10,479,370 

 10,689,321 

 11,495,799 

 18,064,184 

 15,288,700 

-

Transfer fees other School Divisions 

 2,230,845 

 2,159,266 

 2,173,924 

 2,020,331 

 1,841,292 

-

Instruction Subtotal 

 306,725,135 

 310,684,103 

 317,623,090

 338,179,324

 326,838,735

1.60%

Instructional and 
Other Support Services 

  9,620,674  

  8,930,713  

  9,948,932  

  9,390,877  

  8,979,397  

-1.71%

COMMUNITY EDUCATION 
AND SERVICES

 

 

 

 

 


Adult English as an Additional Language 

 4,129,618 

 4,262,815 

 3,867,716 

 3,519,392 

 3,168,102 

-

Pre-Kindergarten education 

 5,557,732 

 5,088,876 

 5,354,742 

 4,905,520 

 4,086,703 

-

Community Services and Recreation 

 165,728 

 170,240 

 154,760 

 94,718 

 105,579 

-

Adult Learning Centres 

 798,009 

 807,930 

 856,420 

 813,909 

 787,024 

-

Community Education Subtotal 

 10,651,087 

 10,329,861 

 10,233,639 

 9,333,539 

 8,147,408 

-6.48%

ADMINISTRATION 

 

 

 

 

 


Trustees 

 197,809 

 211,659 

 181,929 

 176,362 

 168,500 

-

Executive, Managerial 

 2,320,171 

 2,215,837 

 2,873,289 

 2,201,511 

 2,249,243 

-

Technical 

 2,282,648 

 2,150,608 

 2,294,740 

2,319,469

2,146,298

-

Clerical 

 3,032,269 

 3,096,116 

 3,289,133 

 2,909,094 

 2,381,405 

-

Information Technology 

 207,393 

 133,976 

 149,630 

 137,216 

 145,681 

-

Benefits 

 1,539,299 

 1,498,576 

 1,362,574 

 1,521,135 

 1,294,927 

-

Services 

 719,930 

 986,285 

 1,024,125 

 1,849,753 

 1,563,069 

-

Supplies, materials and equipment 

 829,330 

 787,545 

 894,325 

 652,516 

 440,074 

-

Administration Subtotal 

 11,128,849 

 11,080,601 

 12,069,744 

 11,432,709 

 10,389,197 

-1.70%

Transportation 

 7,022,842  

  7,199,436 

  6,693,372 

  6,402,729 

  7,679,750

2.26%

Total Expenses

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

Annualized
% Change over 
5 Years
 

Building Operation/Maintenance 

      46,893,057  

48,306,211  

51,809,718  

51,812,703  

54,501,376  

3.83%

OTHER 

 

 

 

 

 


School Generated Funds 

 3,465,736 

 3,395,286 

 2,554,349 

 1,902,143 

 2,855,060 

-

Fiscal 

 7,542,885 

 7,699,815 

 6,171,796 

 7,935,492

 7,671,993

-

Debenture Debt Interest 

 5,250,137 

 5,367,188 

 5,700,814 

 6,231,711 

 6,243,957 

-

Amortization 

 10,774,047 

 11,258,180 

 11,720,325 

 12,499,734 

 13,376,732 

-

Other Capital 

 478,708 

 8,099 

 0 

201,246 

62,547 

-

Other Special Purpose 

 226,003 

 193,694 

 236,612 

 249,100 

171,693

-

Other Subtotal 

 27,737,516 

 27,922,262 

 26,383,896 

 29,019,426 

 30,381,982 

2.30%

Total Expenses 

    419,779,160  

424,453,187  

434,762,394  

455,571,302  

446,917,845  

1.58%

Net Revenue Over Expenses

 5,072,931 

 7,955,412 

 663,040 

 -1,066,907 

 27,240,707 



Teacher Staffing Details - Elementary and Secondary     

The first table below outlines WSD’s allocation of teachers to support students in our schools.

The second table provides analysis of the years of experience of our teaching staff.

Elementary & Secondary Teachers

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

Annualized
% Change over 
5 Years

Regular Classroom

1,880.14

1,924.73

1,923.43

1,927.96

1,946.24

0.9%

Provincial Class Size Initiative

51.00

12.00

12.00

0

0

-100.0%

Support

118.60

115.91

120.21

136.88

123.07

0.9%

Support - Division Wide

13.00

13.00

13.00

5.00

5.00

-21.2%

Librarians

5.75

5.30

4.83

5.31

2.50

-18.8%

Counsellors

54.42

51.47

57.73

57.30

56.14

0.8%

Nursery

48.50

49.50

48.75

47.50

42.00

-3.5%

ALC Teachers

-

-

7.08

7.08

7.08

100%

Total Teachers

2,171.41

2,171.91

2,187.03

2,187.03

2,182.03

0.1%

Enrolment (Total)

33,231.0

33,093.0

32,743.0

29,595.0

29,511.0

-2.9%

Enrolment (FTE)

30,245.5

30,161.5

29,915.0

27,527.5

27,324.5

-2.5%

 

Teachers/Years of Teaching Experience

 2017-18

 2018-19

 2019-20

 2020-21

 2021-22

Less than 1 Year

1.88%

1.21%

2.96%

2.80%

1.98%

1

2.02%

2.25%

3.39%

2.49%

1.86%

2

3.00%

2.66%

4.55%

3.46%

2.31%

3

3.16%

3.20%

3.73%

4.66%

3.26%

4

4.10%

3.50%

3.73%

4.02%

4.42%

5

4.26%

4.24%

3.76%

3.93%

3.47%

6

3.37%

4.41%

4.08%

3.98%

3.76%

7

3.88%

3.87%

4.49%

4.16%

4.21%

8

4.02%

4.16%

3.49%

4.42%

4.29%

9

70.31%

70.50%

65.82%

66.08%

70.44%

Total

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%

100.00%


Substitute Teacher Costs

Total substitute teacher costs (excluding costs associated with professional development and the federally funded Adult EAL program) have decreased by 1.0% since 2017/18. NOTE: The equivalent of 10.0 FTE teaching positions was reduced from the 2021/22 budget with the formation of a pool of permanent sub teachers approved by the WSD Board of Trustees to provide substitute services to French immersion schools.

Substitute Teacher Costs

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

Annualized
% Change over 
5 Years

110  Administration

137,767

 142,620 

 70,482 

 73,059 

 106,875 

-6.2%

120  English Language-Single Track

4,360,682

 4,359,682 

 2,721,959 

 2,511,271 

 4,045,844 

-1.9%

170  French Immersion-Single Track

145,079

 147,000 

 96,511 

 131,713 

 183,863 

6.1%

180  Dual Track Schools

823,350

 959,297 

 677,753 

 772,599 

 1,142,623

8.5%

190  Senior Years Technology

196,569

 123,761 

 73,279 

 62,798 

 95,670 

-16.5%

240  Special Placement

335,811

 300,941 

 247,671 

 214,324 

 300,939 

-2.7%

250  Stud W/Spec Needs in Rg Class

76,460

 87,518 

 50,470 

 37,794 

 78,226

0.6%

260  Resource Services

160,279

 180,984 

 90,691 

 92,711 

 131,462 

-4.8%

270  Counselling and Guidance

19,403

 34,503 

 17,271 

 22,855 

 24,466 

6.0%

320  Instruction

14,905

 3,298 

 7,859 

2,086 

9,734

-10.1%

440  Pre-Kindergarten Education

117,933

 120,408 

 83,089 

 86,166

 100,864

-3.8%

610  Curriculum Consult & Develop

54,964

 52,977 

 12,901 

  - 

 3,400

-50.1%

620  Library/Media Centre

24,432

 9,907 

 5,064 

 1,452 

 2,525 

-43.4%

680  Other

27,176

 27,839 

 7,505 

 3,770 

 9,659

-22.8%

Total Costs

6,494,810

 6,550,735 

 4,162,505 

 4,012,603 

 6,236,150 

-1.0%

Provincial Funding

0

0

0

0

0

-

Gap +/(-)

6,494,810

 6,550,734 

 4,162,505 

 4,012,603 

 6,236,150 

-1.0%

% Gap

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

Total Elementary & Secondary Teachers

2,171.41 

2,171.91 

2,187.03 

2,187.03 

2,182.03 

0.1%

Substitute Costs per Teacher

2,991.00

3,016.12 

1,903.27 

1,834.73

2,857.96 

-1.1% 


School Administration Costs

All principal-ships shall be full-time supervising Principals except when the population of the school is 110 (+/-10) at which point the Principal shall have a minimum of half-time for school administration with the remaining time to be assigned by WSD.  

The number of Vice Principals at each school is dependent upon the population of the school. A teaching Vice Principal (with 50% classroom duties) is appointed when the student enrolment reaches 350 and increases up to a maximum of 2.5 FTE Vice Principals for schools with enrolment exceeding 1,475. There are no grants received from the Public School Finance Branch to offset School Administration Costs.

School Office Staff

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

Annualized
% Change over 
5 Years

Principal and Vice Principal

 

 

 

 

 

 

Full Time Equivalent Staff

 118.5 

 118.5 

 119.5 

 119.5 

 119.5 

0.20%

Salary

 14,205,558 

 14,754,312 

 15,294,075 

 15,165,834 

 15,287,334 


Benefits (estimated)

 568,222 

 590,172 

 611,763 

 608,901

 611,493


Total Cost Salary & Benefits

 14,773,780 

 15,344,484 

 15,905,838 

 15,774,735 

 15,898,827 

1.9%

School Office Support Staff







Full Time Equivalent

 171.84 

 172.19 

 169.72 

 170.41 

 149.38 

-3.40%

Salary 

 7,513,653 

 7,284,585 

 7,774,265 

 7,761,167 

 6,644,456 


Benefits (estimated)

 1,405,053 

 1,362,217 

 1,453,788 

 1,451,338 

 1,242,513 


Total Cost Salary & Benefits

 8,918,706 

 8,863,845 

 9,228,053 

 9,212,505 

 7,886,969 

-3.0%

 

Administration, Operational and Governance

The costs represent WSD administrative and operational functions. This includes costs associated with areas like Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Board Services and Instructional Management Services.

Administration  By Expense

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

Annualized
% Change over 
5 Years

SALARIES AND BENEFITS 

 

 

 

 

 


Trustees 

 197,809 

 211,659 

 181,929 

 176,362 

 168,500 

-

Executive, Managerial 

 2,320,171 

 2,215,837 

 2,873,289 

 2,201,511 

 2,249,243 

-

Technical, Clerical 

 5,314,916 

 5,246,724 

 5,583,873 

 5,454,427 

 4,527,703 

-

Information Technology 

 207,393 

 133,976 

 149,630

 137,216

 145,681

-

Total Salaries  

 8,040,289 

 7,808,196 

 8,788,720 

 7,969,516 

 7,091,127 

-3.09%

Benefits 

 1,539,299 

 1,498,576 

 1,362,574 

 1,560,268 

 1,294,927 

-4.23%

OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 

 

 

 

 

 


Trustee Offices 

 167,332 

 534,959 

 369,583 

 112,121 

 127,298 

-

Instructional Management 

 264,328 

 221,094 

 261,201 

 117,180 

 158,768 

-

Business Services 

 447,790 

 565,710 

 797,804 

 1,154,324 

 1,211,883 

-

Management Information Services 

 669,812 

 452,065 

 473,300 

 519,298 

 505,194 

-

Total Operational Expenses 

 1,549,262 

 1,773,828 

 1,901,888 

 1,902,923 

 2,003,143 

6.63%

Total Expenditures 

 11,128,850 

 11,080,601 

 12,053,182 

 11,432,707 

 10,389,197 

-1.70%

Total Divisional Expenditures (TDE)

419,779,160 

 424,453,187 

 434,762,394 

 455,571,302 

 446,917,845 

-

% of TDE

2.65%

2.57%

2.77%

2.51%

2.32%

-

Rank in Manitoba* (1=lowest)

2

T2

T3



-

Total Enrolment

 33,231 

 33,093

 32,743

 29,595

 29,511

-2.92%

Administrative Cost per Pupil

$335

$ 335 

$ 368 

$ 386 

$ 352

1.25%

* out of all Manitoba School Divisions excluding DSFM and Frontier per FRAME Report 
(CALCULATION OF EXPENDITURE BASE AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE)
** out of all Manitoba School Divisions excluding Whiteshell and MITT per FRAME Report 
(CALCULATION OF EXPENDITURE BASE AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE ÷ TOTAL K-12 FTE ENROLMENT)

Administration  By Function

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

BY FUNCTION

 

 

 

 

 

Trustees 

 744,935 

 1,151,864 

 943,572 

 665,056 

 656,970 

Superintendent’s Office

 3,335,544 

 3,352,906 

 3,969,528 

 2,791,723 

 2,787,626 

IM&A Cost per Pupil s

$100 

 $101 

 $121 

 $94 

 $94 

Finance (Secretary-Treasurer)

 3,463,670 

 3,526,559 

 4,070,157 

 4,358,695 

 3,843,666 

% TDE  t

0.83%

0.83%

0.94%

0.96%

0.86%

Human Resources (HR)  r

 1,867,308 

 1,761,084 

 1,776,612 

 2,188,072 

 1,883,990 

# of HR Personnel

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

 22 

Ratio of 1.0 HR Personnel Per Employee

 209 

 209 

 208 

 210 

 208 

Information Systems  i

1,371,929 

1,024,054 

1,021,377 

1,106,352 

895,081 

% TDE

0.33%

0.24%

0.23%

0.24%

0.20%

Research

 345,464 

 264,135 

 288,499 

 322,809 

 321,864 

Total Expenditures

 11,128,850 

 11,080,602 

 12,069,744 

 11,432,707 

 10,389,197 

Total Number of Divisional Employees

 4,587.00 

 4,570.79 

 4,614.64 

 4,622.86 

 4,576.26 

Total Divisional Expenditures (TDE)

 419,779,160 

 424,453,187 

 434,762,394 

 455,571,302 

 446,917,845 

s – Instructional Management and Administration (Function 520 FRAME)

t – According to Robert Half’s “Benchmarking the Finance Function 2015” – pg. 11, the median size of the Finance function in an organization with revenues $100m-$400m (US) is 1.00% (bottom quartile 0.55%, top quartile 2.10%); at 0.96%, WSD Finance is below the median.

r – The consensus benchmark (per HumanCapitalAdvisor.com) for HR departments is the ratio of HR personnel to total organizational personnel and ranges from 1.0 HR FTE per 100 – 200 employees, with 150 being optimal and 200 being typical for organizations of 2,500-7,500 employees; currently HR has 1.0 FTE for every 210 employees.

i – According to the “IT Spending and Staffing Benchmarks 2016” by Computer Economics, typical IT spending for all industries for the 
last 5 years ranges from 2.2% to 2.5% of revenue; WSD at 0.24% is well below this.


School Budget Expenditures (Services, Supplies & Equipment)

WSD provides a budget allocation to schools on a per pupil allocation for student services, supplies, materials and equipment. Additional budgets are provided for vocational programs, special education programs and staff professional development.

School-based decision making allows Principals to distribute these funds to continue improving student success and aligning resources with student needs. Input from school staff, parents and WSD Directors is welcomed.


2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

Annualized
% Change over 
5 Years

Elementary Schools

6,154,542

5,702,413

5,003,565

4,948,373

4,740,967

-

Secondary Schools

5,805,291

5,711,773

5,104,644

5,464,661

5,385,709

-

Total School Budget Expenditures

11,959,833

11,414,186

10,108,209

10,413,034

10,126,676

-4.07%

Average Per Pupil Allocation

360

345

308

352

343

-

Provincial Funding  - Curricular Grant

1,786,439

1,745,827

1,648,668

1,756,326

1,738,422

-

Average Per Pupil Allocation

53

54

50

59

59

-

Gap +/(-)

-10,173,394

-9,668,359

-8,459,541

-8,656,708

-8,388,254

-

% Gap

-85%

-85%

-84%

-83%

-83%

-


Many of the Provincial grants provided to WSD are used to offset salary and benefit costs. The Curricular Grant shown above is the only Public Schools Finance grant provided solely for school supplies and materials.


2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

Annualized
% Change over 
5 Years

Elementary (N-8)

22,367

22,319

22,138

19,703

19,844

-

Secondary (9-12)

10,864

10,774

10,605

9,892

9,667

-

Total Average Daily Enrolment

33,291

33,093

32,743

29,595

29,511

-2.97%


Transportation

WSD Transportation services where necessary and subject to division regulations, The Public Schools Act and Regulations, and The Highway Traffic Act. More than 2,500 students are transported to and from school within Winnipeg School Division on a daily basis during the school year. Students eligible for busing in WSD include those who have physical, mental, and/or emotional disabilities or those who are in a language or alternative program from Kindergarten to Grade 6, and Nursery students attending one of WSD’s four French immersion milieu schools. (subject to distance requirements).

Transportation

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

Annualized
% Change over 
5 Years

Number of students Transported

 1,984 

 1,938 

 2,045 

 1,608 

 1,654 

-

WSD N-12 Students

 33,231 

 33,093 

 32,743 

 29,595 

 29,511 

-

Percentage of Students Transported

6.0%

5.9%

6.2%

5.4%

5.6%

-

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 


Contract Services Cost

 842,977 

 1,046,738 

 883,977 

 1,879,788 

 965,518 

-

Board Fleet Cost

 5,307,637 

 5,314,383 

 5,042,079 

 3,703,666 

 5,977,669 

-

Public Transit Cost

 277,223 

 268,669 

 186,499 

 139,430 

 172,528 

-

Administrative Cost

 595,005 

 569,646 

 580,816 

 679,847 

 564,037 

-

Total Transportation Expenses

 7,022,842 

 7,199,436 

 6,693,372 

 6,402,731 

 7,679,752 

2.26%

Transportation Grant - Categorical Grant

 1,335,688 

    1,388,893  

    1,415,674  

    1,413,870

    1,412,030

1.40%


Information Technology

WSD Research, Planning and Technology Services department provides information technology support and services to all students and staff in the division related to the development of new and monitoring of existing policies, research, planning, evaluations, library media, administrative procedures and the application of technology in the division to support the administrative function. 

Information Technology 

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

Annualized
% Change over 
5 Years

Total Salary costs 

  2,664,015  

     2,485,921  

     2,621,978  

     2,590,427  

     2,070,777  

-

Managerial 

 277,220 

 256,972 

 236,638 

 530,331

 339,719

-

Technical - Schools 

 1,800,857 

 1,729,742 

 1,851,803 

 1,656,153 

 1,372,239 

-

Technical - Administrative 

 585,938 

 499,207 

 533,537 

403,943

358,819

-

SUPPLY AND SERVICE COSTS 

 

 

 

 

 


Information Technology Services 

 1,825,960 

 4,113,656 

 1,219,848 

 1,770,524

 1,637,714

-

Information Technology     Equipment 

 3,406,119 

 3,959,027 

 4,286,179 

 4,580,496 

 3,957,771 

-

Total Supply and Services Costs 

 5,232,079 

 8,072,683 

 5,506,027 

 6,351,020 

 5,595,484

-

Total Expenditures*

 7,896,094 

 10,558,604 

 8,128,005 

 8,941,447 

 7,666,262 

-0.74%

COVID-19 Information Technology Equipment

-

-

-

4,715,323

-

-

Information technology grant 

   62 

62 

62 

62 

62 

-

Senior Years technology grant 

 

 

 

 

 


   Category I 

 165 

165 

165 

165 

165 

-

   Category II 

   55 

55 

55 

55 

55 

-

   Approved Programs 

    5,500 

5,500 

5,500 

5,500 

5,500 

-

Total Funding 

 3,463,155 

     3,385,434  

     3,375,149  

     3,393,101

     3,385,704

-0.56%


Community Education and Services

WSD Community Education and Services consists of costs related to providing services such as community use of facilities and gym rentals, and non-credit courses through WSD’s Life Long Learning program to community groups and individuals. WSD supports early childhood education and has made Nursery available at all of its early year’s schools. Currently there are about 1,800 nursery students in WSD. WSD operates an Adult English-as-an-additional-language on behalf of the Department of Labour on a full cost-recovery basis ($3.2 million with a $0 net cost to WSD).

Community Education and Services 

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

Annualized
% Change over 
5 Years
 

Salaries and benefits 

 9,750,887  

    9,291,872  

    9,398,763  

    8,415,363  

    7,370,786  

-

English as an Additional Language 

 3,376,419 

 3,405,164 

 3,177,965 

 2,719,786 

 2,459,725 

-

Community Services 

 115,252 

 138,190 

 119,664 

 85,434 

 104,326 

-

Nursery Education 

 5,510,662 

 4,985,792 

 5,284,617 

 4,836,044 

 4,061,515 

-

Adult Learning Centres 

 748,554 

 762,726 

 816,518 

774,099 

745,220 

-

Operational Expenses 

 900,200  

    1,037,988 

    834,876 

  918,175 

  776,622 

-

English as an Additional Language 

 753,199 

 857,651 

 689,752 

799,606 

708,377

-

Community Services 

 50,476 

 32,049 

 35,096 

9,283 

1,253 

-

Nursery Education 

 47,070 

 103,084 

 70,126 

69,475 

25,188 

-

Adult Learning Centres 

 49,454 

 45,204 

 39,902 

 39,810 

 41,804 

-

Total Expenditures 

  10,651,087  

10,329,861 

10,233,639 

9,333,539 

8,147,408 

-6.48%

Adult Learning Centre Revenue 

 790,786 

 811,302 

 802,678 

788,163 

1,181,739 

-

English as an Additional Language 

 4,253,313 

 4,393,748 

 3,709,796 

 3,575,023 

 3,176,953 

-

Total Revenues 

 5,044,099  

    5,205,050  

    4,512,474  

    4,363,186  

    4,358,692  

-3.59%


Facility Services

The WSD Building Department mission is to provide safe, secure and comfortable facilities for students and staff in a cost effective manner that respects the principles of sustainability. WSD’s physical plant consists of 87 buildings with approximately 5,130,000 square feet of space of varying vintages and 301 acres of grounds.

Facility Services consists of all operations and maintenance costs, including supervisory and clerical personnel, related to the upkeep, maintenance, and minor repair of all school division buildings and grounds. This includes utilities, taxes, insurance, supplies and capital costs.

In March 2021, WSD approved a 5-Year Capital Plan Submission to the Public Schools Finance Board for the years 2021/22 through 2026/27.

The details of this document can be found on WSD website.

5 Year Capital Plan 


2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

Annualized
% Change over 
5 Years
 

Caretakers

 315.0

 315.0 

 315.0 

 319.0 

 319.0 

0.32%

Tradespersons

100.0

 102.0 

 102.0 

 102.0 

 102.0 

0.50%

Central Administration / Office

31.0

 32.0 

 32.0 

 32.0 

 31.0 

0.0%

Storekeepers

2.0

 2.0 

 2.0 

 2.0 

 2.0 

0.0%

Workplace Safety and Health

3.0

 3.0 

 3.0 

 3.0 

 3.0 

0.0%

Compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

Administration / Office

 876,666 

 978,975 

 1,070,085 

 1,063,814 

 1,070,422 

Operations

30,855,866 

30,970,683 

32,051,002 

32,705,760 

33,710,625 

Total Compensation Costs

31,732,532 

31,949,658 

33,121,087 

33,769,574 

34,781,047 

2.32%

Operating Costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

Utilities

 6,364,766 

 6,567,899 

 6,308,957 

 6,781,011 

 8,473,585 

-

Insurance

 738,690 

 616,192 

 578,356 

 1,056,516 

 1,136,869 

 -

Property Taxes

 752,431 

 743,490 

 763,555 

 728,300 

 729,092 

Administration / Office

 117,703 

 99,302 

 124,731 

 180,546 

 103,560 

Operations

 7,186,935 

 8,329,670 

 10,913,036 

 9,296,758 

 9,277,223 

Total Operating Costs

 15,160,525 

 16,356,553 

 18,688,635 

 18,043,131 

 19,720,329 

6.79%

Subtotal Compensation and Operating Costs

46,893,057 

 48,306,211 

 51,809,722 

 51,812,705 

 54,501,376 

 3.83%

Category “D” School Buildings

1,601,412 

 2,019,228 

 2,240,907 

3,078,678 

1,551,215 

-0.79% 

Total Costs

48,494,469 

 50,325,439 

 54,050,629 

 54,891,383 

 56,052,591 

3.69%

Provincial Funding 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupancy Grant

14,417,865 

 14,310,135 

 14,297,310 

 14,206,680 

 14,063,040 

 -

School Buildings Support: “D” projects

977,040 

 970,560 

 967,380 

 963,720 

 960,300 

Total Revenue

15,394,905 

 15,280,695 

 15,264,690 

 15,170,400 

 15,023,340 

-0.61%

Gap +/(-)

-33,099,564 

-35,044,744 

-38,785,939 

-39,720,983 

-41,029,251 

5.52%


Infrastructure

WSD recognizes the importance of prioritizing needs and plans for infrastructure renewal, including further development and implementation to the technology infrastructure plan. The challenge facing the division is to continue to prudently manage expenditures while maintaining infrastructure and equipment in our buildings.

The table below shows all capital and equipment renewal expenditures incurred by the Board over the last four years, as reported in WSD’s Financial Statements.

 

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

Annualized
% Change over 
5 Years
 

Operational Equipment

 






Classroom Furniture and Equipment

 1,202,068 

 992,740 

 1,527,290 

 433,739 

 1,629,731 

-

Instructional Computers and Software

 4,062,672 

 3,471,633 

 3,579,759 

 2,798,184 

 3,155,310 

-

School Office Furniture and Equipment

 47,292 

 32,172 

 38,360 

 29,201 

 59,022 

-

Clinicians/Consultants Furniture and Equipment

 14,409 

 8,639 

 36,337 

 6,835 

 35,614 

-

Clinicians/Consultants Computers and Software

 74,374 

 86,794 

 74,471 

 46,518 

 76,273 

-

Community Education and Services Equipment

 17,377 

 4,293 

 2,949 

-

4,088

-

Board, Administration and Transportation Equipment

 96,206 

 22,097 

 53,367 

 5,613 

 44,851 

-

Operations and Maintenance Equipment

 277,382 

 269,531 

 205,054 

 264,028 

 236,816 

-

Total Operational Equipment Renewal

 5,791,780 

 4,887,899 

 5,517,588 

 3,514,118 

 5,241,705 

-2.46%

Capital Projects

 






Bus Reserve

 829,274 

1,102,300 

1,104,145 

1,104,000 

2,104,000 

-

Category “D” School Buildings

 1,601,412 

2,019,228 

2,240,907 

3,078,678 

1,551,215 

-

Computer Hardware & Software

-37,446 

 166,644 

 - 

 - 

 - 

-

Furniture/Fixtures & Equipment

 393,006 

 443,421 

 876,861 

 136,635 

 698,978 

-

Other Vehicles

 28,823 

 139,747 

 82,225 

 131,703 

 112,211 

-

Balance of Purchase - Waterford Green Land

-

439,660

-

-

-

-

Constructed Assets

 - 

-

-

-

-


Energy Management Projects

 675,859 

 6,427,230 

 - 

 - 

 -


Land & Land Improvements

 57,325 

 260,761 

 748,777 

 185,194 

 854,451 

-

New School Site Reserve

 3,450,000 

 185,882 

 -

 - 

 - 

-

Projects funded from approved Capital Reserve

-

-

-

-

-

-

Board Approved Play Structure

 20,000 

 60,000 

 195,102 

 157,798 

 104,686 


School Projects

-

 5,885 

 - 

 - 

-

Work in Progress

 - 

-

-

-

-

-

Capitalized Admin Building Projects

-

-

-

417,551

492,415

-

Non-school Leasehold Improvements

-

-

-

63,042

-

-

Capitalized School Building Projects - Externally Funded

-

-

-

493,042

14,981,000

-

Total Capital Projects

7,018,253

11,250,758 

5,248,017 

5,767,643 

20,898,956 

31.36%

Total Capital and Equipment Renewal

12,810,033  

 16,138,657 

 10,765,605

 9,173,936

 26,154,690

19.54%

Excludes transfers back to operating 

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