Coquitlam Board of Education Budget Presentation April 9, 2013

1. Coquitlam Board of EducationBudget PresentationApril 9, 2013

2. School District No.43 • Serves the communities of Coquitlam, Port Moody Port Coquitlam, Anmore and Belcarra • Contains 5.8% of provincial enrolment of 541,600 school aged and adult funded fte enrolment. • 3rd largest district in the province • Schools • 45 Elementary • 13 Middle • 9 Secondary (inc. CABE) • Several other specialty alternative schools

3. Achievement Levels Partners Include: • Coquitlam Teacher’s Association (CTA) • Canadian Union of Public Workers (CUPE) • Coquitlam Principals and Vice Principals Association (CPVPA) • District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC) • Coquitlam Management Group (CMG) Student achievement results show performance significantly above both the national and provincial norms on almost every measure. Our goals are focused on helping our students to acquire a series of attributes to help prepare them for the uncertainty of life in the 21st Century. These include helping students to become Learners, Thinkers, Innovators, Collaborators, Contributors.

4. District Leadership • Work closely and collaboratively with outside agencies • Structured District Committees are designed to support our Dream, our Intentions and our Directions • Professional staff • Leaders in our commitments to Social Responsibility, Safe Schools and Mindful Leadership • Enhance Ministry Directives and Mandates

5. District Leadership • Network with our Community • Committed to Professional Learning • Assess what we do and how we do it • Developed school and classroom resources

6. Program Delivery The Coquitlam School District has embraced the mandate of individualized learning through an expanded educational offering through programs of choice such as; • The International Baccalaureate Program • Reggio • Montessori • Inquiry Hub • Suwa'lkh • ELSA (English Language Services for Adults) • Various language programs • And other programs such as Encompass, SWIS, COLetc.

7. District Identity Learning Without Boundaries Success in Life for all

8. Sources of Revenue The vast majority of school district grants come from provincial grants through the Ministry of Education’s funding allocation system. Coquitlam School District derives additional revenues from a strong international education program, learning innovation network (LINC), including continuing education, rental of facilities, investment income, etc.

9. 2012/13 Budgeted Revenues By Source

10. Student Enrolment

11. Provincial Funding • There is no increase in operating grants for the educational system for the 2013/14 year • As a result of province wide declining enrolment the basic student grant will increase $116 to $6,900 per fte student. • 52 school districts are reporting declining enrolment with 44 of these school districts qualifying for declining enrolment funding or funding protection supplements - $51.9 million • Provincial Enrolment Holdback of $59.6 million ($51.3 million in 2012/13)

12. School District Operating Expenditures

13. School District Operating Spending2012/13

14. School District Budgeted FTE EmployeesSeptember 2012

15. Staffing Levels

17. Budget Reflection • Over projected enrolment and revenues • Under projected costs and expenditures • Did not build in any contingencies

18. Budget Challenges 2013/2014 • Enrolment Declines • Enrolment demographics and school capacity • Employee benefit increases (CPP & EI 4%; EHB & Dental 3%; EAP 2%) • Teacher Pension Plan increases of 1.3% of salary • Other Retirement benefit increases • Inflation of 2% in Services and Supplies • Utilities – Electricity, Gas and water/sewer increases • Transition from HST back to GST /PST • Increasing Special Education needs • Carbon offsets and reporting costs continue • Probable deficit carry forward from current year • Even with the increase in the basic student grant some reductions • will be required in order to balance the budget for 2013/2014

19. Operating Budget Summary