Scanned, recopied or Internet copy, if there are errors, please e-mail me with corrections: Opening comments: Maybe more at the end. Back to the Lyndwood School Cover-up. Comments by others to this web-page - 0 - to this web-page at time of posting. Mississauga News - May 11, 2011 - By Roger Belgrave Peel school board says Dalton can't add Ontario’s Liberal government is boasting about increased education funding to local school boards as it heads into a provincial election in five months, but Peel public school officials say Premier Dalton McGuinty should start using new math. Mississauga-Brampton South MPP Amrit Mangat recently announced that funding for the 2011-12 school year to the Peel District School Board and the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board will rise 5.4 per cent and 3.8 per cent respectively over current grant allocations. Those increases, partially determined using old census figures, still leave students shortchanged, say Peel board administrators. The Peel public board is projected to receive $1.4 billion in grants for student needs, while Dufferin-Peel would receive an estimated $856 million. “I am proud of the McGuinty government’s commitment to education in Peel Region,” said Mangat. “These funding numbers show the McGuinty government’s commitment to education and ensures that our students are among the finest-educated in the world.” Since the Liberals were elected in 2003, she went on to note, the Peel board has seen funding increase 79.7 per cent, while Catholic school board grants have gone up 54 per cent. The numbers demonstrate the Liberal’s commitment to education in Peel and Ontario and serve as “a prime example of the record of success that the McGuinty government has had in education,” Mangat insisted. Peel board administrators contend those funding increases are based on outdated population data that does not accurately reflect current demographic statistics in Peel Region. As a result, funding from the provincial government is far short of what students in Peel actually need, the board complains. Although significant, the increase funding is being determined based on data that should no longer be used, Peel Board Chair Janet McDougald said. Each student in the Peel board receives more than $830 less than they actual should be getting and less than students in comparable regions of Ontario, according to the board’s calculations. Comments by others - 0 - to this web-page at time of posting; Home Page - Main Table of Contents - Back up a page - Back to Top [COMMENTS BY DON B. - ] |
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