Mountain View School Division is still not sure what its share of $7 million in recently announced funding for students with special needs will be. But whatever the division gets it will make use of, said superintendent/CEO Dan Ward.

“We’re anticipating a letter that will hopefully arrive in the next week or so that will outline our amount,” Ward said. “We are anticipating that it will likely be a sufficient amount where we can increase staffing in the area of student services.”

Ward has had conversations with the division’s student services co-ordinator about potential proposals which could be brought to the board of trustees for discussions on how it might fit into recently passed 2022-23 budget.

Ward said the funding, announced by Education and Early Childhood Learning Minister Wayne Ewasko last week, is directly tied to the division’s Level 2 and Level 3 funding, which would directly support students with student-specific plans around issues such as learning challenges, learning disabilities, mental health supports or behaviour plans.

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