The theme for our 2021-2022 fiscal year is Purpose is the reason we journey. Passion is the fire that lights our way. A theme that encourages faith, reflection, reconnection, respect, response and innovation to the challenges that have been put before us.
The details presented in this report are a collective effort by many stakeholders and capture our commitment to the Board’s mission, vision, and new multi-year strategic plan (2020-2023).
You can read the full 2021-2022 Budget Book here.
Key Highlights of 2021-2022 Budget:
Enrolment
- 3,081 Elementary Students (2.9% increase over 2020-2021 Revised Budget)
- 1,577 Secondary Students (2.4% increase over 2020-2021 Revised Budget)
- Overall total enrolment is 4,658 (2.7% increase over the 2020-2021 Revised Budget)
Utilization
- Board Capacity %: 111%
- To accommodate enrolment pressures that board has invested in portables and additional temporary accommodation spaces.
Revenues
- Total Revenues $77.3 M (on par with 2020-2021 Revised Estimates)
- Operating Revenue: $69,422,155
- Capital Revenue $7,911,394
Expenses
- Total Expenses $77.3M (Operating Expenses 0.1% increase over 2020-2021 Revised Budget)
- Operating Expenditures - $69,422,155
- Capital Expenditures - $7,911,394
- Operating Expenditure % in relation to total Operating Expenditures:
- Instructional Expenses - 76.2%
- Administration Expenses - 4.7%
- Transportation Expenses - 6.9%
- Pupil Accommodation Expenses - 11.3%
- School Generated Fund Expenses – 0.9%
- Total Expenditures by Object:
- Salaries and benefits – 77.2%
- Staff development - 0.3%
- Supplies and services – 7.1%
- Interest charges on capital - 0.4%
- Rental Expenses - 0.4%
- Fees and contract services – 9.6%
- Transfer to Other Boards - 0.2%
- Amortization – 4.8%
Capital
- Total Capital Expenditures - $7,911,394
The most significant contributors to the 2021-2022 capital plan include:- St. Anthony’s Catholic School, Kincardine - Ministry of Education approval was obtained in June 2021. The board will move forward in 2021-2022 with seeking a tender for an eight-room classroom and four-room childcare addition. This addition will provide for an expansion of the existing gym; a
separation of the bus circle from the parking lot and kiss and drop spaces to increase the health and safety measures; and it will also provide an opportunity to address renewal and condition improvement needs throughout the school. - Additional childcare spaces for Owen Sound - The Board is currently awaiting an Approval to Proceed for a childcare addition at St. Basil’s Catholic School, Owen Sound and Notre Dame Catholic School, Owen Sound.
- St. Mary’s High School, Owen Sound - Since the approval of funding toward a new addition at St. Mary’s High School, Owen Sound, the board continues to work in partnership with the Ministry of Education and staff at Infrastructure Ontario.
- Additional capital funding - funding for technology has been incorporated into the capital plan as we expand the rollout of 1-1 technology for grade JK/SK to grade 3 students across the board. This means all staff and students JK - grade 12 will have access to technology.
- Additional funding for: device refresh; security, disaster recovery enhancements; risk management planning and software upgrades (Sparkrock 365 and Aspen). 2021-2022 will also see turf replacement upgrades at St. Joseph’s Catholic School, Port Elgin; continuation with the multi-year HVAC unit upgrades across the board; and roofing upgrades at École Immaculée-Conception Catholic School, Formosa and Sacred Heart Catholic School, Teeswater.
- St. Anthony’s Catholic School, Kincardine - Ministry of Education approval was obtained in June 2021. The board will move forward in 2021-2022 with seeking a tender for an eight-room classroom and four-room childcare addition. This addition will provide for an expansion of the existing gym; a
Accumulated Surplus
- Total Accumulated Surplus (including land) - $11,029,839
- Available for compliance – Unappropriated - $2,235,136
- Available for compliance – Internally Appropriated - $6,146,553
- Unavailable for compliance – $2,648,150 (School Generated Funds & Land)
Staffing
- Total Staffing – 598 (decrease of 2.4% over 2020-2021 Revised Budget)
Ontario has four publicly funded school systems: English Catholic, English Public, French Catholic, and French Public. All boards are funded on a per-pupil basis, with other grants added to provide equal educational opportunities for all students (i.e. Special Education, Learning Opportunities, Transportation, etc.)
In addition, boards across the province have maximized efficiencies through shared services. In Bruce-Grey we are able to share transportation and purchasing services with the Bluewater District School Board, resulting in
substantial efficiencies for both boards.
The 2021-2022 budget is embedded with support to foster future-ready students and fulfill the Catholic Graduate Expectations. It is a reflection of our commitment to provide each student of the Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board with a vibrant, quality learning experience deeply rooted in Catholic values that nurture each student in mind, body, and spirit.
For more information please visit:
https://www.bgcdsb.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1101059&type=d&pREC_ID=1373843
Alecia Lantz, CPA, CGA, CHRL
Superintendent of Business
Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board