1. THE REVIEW TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2016 3
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As a result, the divi-
sion will receive a mini-
mum guarantee grant
which provides funding
up to the level it received
for the current year.
“The long and short of
it is, we will receive no
additional provincial sup-
port from the funding for-
mula,” Michaleski clari-
fied, adding MVSD is not
alone, as there are about
22 other divisions on the
Formula Guarantee grant.
The provincial fund-
ing announcement was
earlier than usual, he
noted, due to the upcom-
ing provincial election.
It is helpful to receive
those numbers earlier,
Michaleski said, antici-
pating MVSD will com-
plete the draft budget
sooner than it usually
does.
Previously, MVSD’s
completed draft budget
was presented the first
week of February and
Michaleski expects it
could be out two weeks
earlier, which gives the
board more time to delib-
erate.
“And obviously with
no additional provincial
support, we might have a
little more work to do,”
he added.
Michaleski pointed
out provincial funding is
the biggest revenue for
MVSD and the board
needs to look at other
revenue areas.
The province
announced some items
outside the funding docu-
ment, he said, which
MVSD may be able to
access. It put $1.8 million
in the Student
Achievement fund, tar-
getting support for inno-
vative programs to help
individual students suc-
ceed.
There is also $200,000
earmarked to help low-
income students pay for
college and university
application fees.
A $500,000 First
Nation transition grant
was also announced to
help indigenous students
better adjust to a learning
environment in a public
school.
Michaleski needs
more details on those
programs, to determine
whether MVSD can
access them and expects
more information in two
or three weeks.
‘We might have a little more work to do’
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• Once they got over the yuck factor, students dissected the owl pellets
with enthusiasm, especially when they started finding bones and skulls.
BY ED DOERING
Students at Roblin
Elementary School got
another opportunity
Wednesday to learn more
about their natural world
from interpreters at the
Oak Hammock Marsh
Interpretive Centre.
Thanks to the Lake of
the Prairies Conservation
District (LPCD), inter-
preters Melanie Fetterly
and Nicholas Kotecki
brought the centre’s
EcoVan to RES and other
schools within the bound-
aries of the conservation
district.
“We bring it in every
year,” noted LPCD man-
ager Adam Kerkovich.
“The board feels any-
thing we can do to get the
kids on board is a good
thing. To get them started
young (thinking about the
environment and conser-
vation), we see a benefit.”
Kerkovich noted the
CD has other programs
and initiatives for kids,
including its annual
Waterfestival.
“It’s good to get the
kids aware,” he said.
The EcoVan offers a
number of different pre-
sentations.
On this trip, Kotecki
focused on Plant Ecology,
for grades 2 to 6, while
Fetterly’s presentation
What’s For Dinner? – an
indepth look at owls –
was for grades 4 to 8.
The Oak Hammock
Marsh is a 36 square km
Wildlife Management
Area featuring a restored
prairie marsh and some of
Manitoba’s last remaining
patches of tall-grass
prairie
The wetland is home to
25 species of mammals,
300 species of birds,
numerous amphibians,
reptiles, and fish, and
countless invertebrates.
REVIEW PHOTO BY ED DOERING
LPCD
brings
EcoVan
to RES