Associate superintendent of business services, Jeff Perry
Enrollment in Livingstone Range School Division is projected to decline by more than 33 students next year.
That will result in a drop of about $379,500 in per pupil funding for Livingstone Range from Alberta Education.
The biggest change will be a decrease of 15 students in Fort Macleod.
“We do project a decline in enrollment,” associate superintendent of business services Jeff Perry said.
Perry presented the enrollment report during the school board’s Jan. 19 meeting at the G.R. Davis Administration Building in Fort Macleod.
Enrollment next school term is projected to be 3,413.5 full-time equivalent (FTE) students.
That’s down from 3,446,82 in the present term.
“This is obviously a very preliminary enrollment projection,” Perry said. “It’s what Alberta Education uses to calculate our funding.”
“It is challenging for schools to project with significant accuracy what numbers will be for the following year.”
Following is the projected enrollment in Livingstone Range schools:
Nanton — A.B. Daley school, 167 FTE students, one more than the present term; J.T. Foster school, 186, an increase of seven students.
Stavely school — 74 students, down from 74.5.
Claresholm — West Meadow elementary, 295 students, the same as the present year; Willow Creek Composite, 322 students, down 2.6 FTE.
Granum school — 38.5 FTE students, down 1.5.
Fort Macleod — W.A. Day school, 264.5 students, a decrease of 13.5 students; F.P. Walshe school, 358 students, down from 360.
Pincher Creek — Canyon school, 241 students, a decrease of 11.32 FTE students; Matthew Halton school, 252, an increase of 5.8 FTE students.
Livingstone school — 226 students, a drop of 2.5 FTE.
Crowsnest Pass — Horace Allen school, 147 students, down 2.3 FTE; Isabelle Sellon school, 134 students, an increase of one; Crowsnest Consolidated, 322 students, a decrease of 2.4 FTE.
Outreach schools — 74 students, an increase of 10.
Colony schools — 252 students, a drop of 7.5 FTE.
International students — 50 students, a decrease of 12 students.
“This is what has been put forward, which means our overall funding for next year will be based on a decline of students,” Perry said.
