
SD73 Board of Education approves district spending plan; staffing cuts to follow
KAMLOOPS — A series of cost-cutting measures largely impacting staffing were approved Monday night (April 28) by the Kamloops-Thompson Board of Education within the district’s budget plan for the 2025-26 school year.
This will see more than 70 full time equivalent positions cut in an effort to deal with a $5.8-million cost increase. School boards are legally mandated to present a balanced budget each year. However, the Kamloops-Thompson board feels some of the spending cuts could have been avoided if provincial funding for public education was increased.
“There’s no good news coming out of this budget and we recognize that. Regardless of that, we have an obligation to move forward and pass a budget,” says Board Chair Heather Grieve.