The Waterloo Catholic District School Board's 2024-25 School Year Budget was presented on Monday, June 24, 2024, and approved on Thursday, June 27, 2024.
The Budget Book is available via this link: BUDGET BOOK
Quick Facts
The overall budget is as follows:
- Total Operating: $367.6 M ($31.2 M change from 2023-24)
- Total Capital: $29.2 M ($4.3 M change from 2023-24)
- Total Operating & Capital: $396.8 M ($35.5 M change from 2023-24)
As always, budget decisions are guided by the key priorities captured in the following plans:
- Multi-Year Strategic Plan
- Board Improvement and Equity Plan
- Long-Term Accommodation Plan
- Energy Conservation and Demand Management Plan
- Information Technology Strategic Plan
Key funding areas of the operating budget include:
- Classroom Staffing $200.6 M
- Learning Resources - $66.2 M
- Special Education - $47.7 M
- School Facilities $29.7 M
- Board Administration $10.7M
- Student Transportation $12.8 M
The proposed budget is aligned with the three pillars of the Board's 2022-2025 Multi-Year Strategic Plan:
- Awaken to Belong.
- Strengthen to Become.
- Ignite to Believe.
The budget contains provisions for:
- Enhancing math performance.
- Identifying and assisting students with reading difficulties.
- Investing in technology for grade 9 students to enhance their learning experience.
- Expansion of Indigenous English courses to all secondary schools.
- Continued mental health supports.
- Outfitting the new St. Patrick school in Kitchener which is scheduled to open September 2025.
- An increased number of portables and associated costs.
- Salary and benefit increases associated with the province's remedy payments related to Bill 124.
- Increasing costs of sick leave.
For more information
35 Weber St. W., - Unit A
Kitchener Ontario
Canada N2G 4G2
www.wcdsb.ca
