A new committee has been set up to look at the possible amalgamation of the board offices of the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board.
Superintendent of Business Richard Findlay is on the committee along with one other staff member and three trustees, not from Dryden or Kenora.
Findlay says by next June they will probably have a final decision to move the Dryden office and Kenora office to Keewatin.
“Our funding has been reduced about 4%. That’s going to continue on in the future. Probably not going to change with this government. We have to be prepared for that. In order to save front line jobs in the classroom, we have to look at efficiencies outside the classroom. Merging board offices would help us accomplish that perhaps.”
He adds a merger would also help in efforts to secure provincial funding for a new Valleyview School in Kenora.
Findlay says their first job is to decide whether a consultant is needed and the costs involved.