I am very pleased to announce that as of this past Friday, May 23, I have been informed that 22 smaller community schools have committed to offering junior kindergarten in communities starting this fall, out of 29. The following years will be the remaining regional centres and also Yellowknife. When I met with the board chairs, we talked about that. We talked about the PTR. There is additional funding that is going to the school board. That’s why I said we’re working with them. We’re working with the finance directors so we can gather the facts. With the numbers that have been shared the last couple of weeks, it is not accurate information anymore. We have the actual numbers, the true numbers that we need to share with them. Based on that, it will reflect changes of the numbers that have been addressed in the media.
Jackson Lafferty on Question 296-17(5): Funding For Yellowknife Education Authorities
In the Legislative Assembly on May 28th, 2014. See this statement in context.
Question 296-17(5): Funding For Yellowknife Education Authorities
Oral Questions
May 27th, 2014
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