"We also looked at the distance children drive to get to school and then, how far it would be from that school to another school, so, from elementary school to elementary school and we've included that in the formula and we've grandparented the small schools that might not be isolated because, as you know, there are increased costs for boards to be heating buildings without the children there."The funds will be provided to each regional school board, not individual schools. There has been no increase in the local school boards total revenue from the province because of this change.
- For the SSRSB, the following small schools have been grand-fathered and are the basis of a calculation per school in our funding, based solely on the fact that there are fewer than 100 students in each school:
Pentz Elementary
Mill Village Consolidated
Petite Riviere Elementary
- The following schools are small and isolated and the board's funding formula includes a calculation to off-set a portion of additional costs for staffing and property services:
North Queens Community School
Big Tancook Elementary School
- For the following small high schools, the school board receives funding in the formula calculation to off-set a portion of the cost of staffing (amount varies school to school):
Forest Heights Community School
Liverpool Regional High School
New Germany Rural High School
