The document discusses the financial challenges faced by the Peel District School Board, highlighting significant cuts to funding across various areas including textbooks and professional development, which total approximately $5.6 million. It emphasizes the funding disparities, indicating that Peel receives substantially less per pupil funding compared to other boards, while also noting an increase in student enrollment and diverse demographic needs. The author calls for provincial action to address funding gaps using updated census data and to adequately support high needs students.

2. What is a Peel board student worth? Janet McDougald, Chair, Peel District School Board February 24, 2010

3. Critical issue

5. Provincial cuts textbooks by about 15% - approx. $1.8 million computer budget – approx. $1.8 million professional development – almost $3 million

6. Intolerably low per student funding

7. Peel's 10-year enrolment trend

8. Frugal Operational efficiencies

9. Fourth lowest funded board in the province on a per pupil basis

10. A Growing Funding Gap 2002-03 2009-10 Greater Than Provincial Average Less Than Provincial Average Per pupil funding gap of large urban boards

11. 2002-03 - $459 gap Now - $838 gap Difference of $379 per pupil

12. WHY?

13. gets $251 more per pupil than average an increase of $30 per pupil since 2002-03 receives $1,100 more per pupil than Peel TDSB

14. Dufferin-Peel receives $141 more per pupil York Region receives an additional $86 Ottawa-Carleton receives $670 more Other boards

15. Numbers are all wrong

17. grown by over 33,000 students 93 distinct ethnic groups more than 60 languages newcomer population represents about 45% of region's total population Since 2001

19. spend $16 million more than we get receive lowest per pupil amount of high needs funding $300 less per pupil than average $135 less than GTA boards Special Education

21. What is the province going to do about it?

22. Per pupil funding erosion must stop

23. Imagine the difference

24. 1. Province must use 2006 census data Action 2. Fund actual high needs students we serve 3. Revisit early years grant funding

25. We deserve more

26. We need your help

27. Making a real difference Making a real difference

28. Question & answer