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Upper Grand District School Board release 2019-20 budget

The Upper Grand District School Board has passed the 2019-20 school year budget.

The operating budget is set at just over $402 million, while the capital budget is set at just under $48 million. For the first time, UGDSB says they will run a deficit, which amounts to just under $4 million, and they will have two more years to balance the budget.

In a release today, UGDSB says the increase in class sizes in Grades 4-8 and all secondary school classes will lower their funding.

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