Ashley Messier builds hockey legacy with sights on PWHL, Olympics
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Mark Messier is her distant cousin, but this Sask. hockey product is carving her own path.
Students in Saskatchewan haven’t been in class in about three months, and in that time it appears the Regina Public School Division has realized some big savings.
According to forecasts for the rest of the school year, ending August 31, the savings are estimated to be $3.7 million.
Because students weren’t in the building and any teaching was being done remotely, the division didn’t have to pay for substitute staff if teachers or staff got sick.
It also didn’t have to pay teachers for supervision during lunchtime and recess, the division didn’t have to fill any vacancies right away, and since students weren’t going back and forth the division didn’t have to pay for fuel for school buses.
In Tuesday evening’s school board meeting, it was explained that the Ministry of Education wants the division to come up with a plan to spend any savings before the end of the year.
The plan includes $500,000 for safety measures in schools to get ready for kids to come back in the fall such as sanitizing stations, disinfecting equipment, and air exchanges.
Other plans include things like high school locker replacement, a refresh of school furniture and learning resources like textbooks, and technology like computer monitors and iPads.