![]() The closure of schools was debated at the meeting. Anne’s in Lakeshore in this 2014 file photo. Administration has been able to survive and thrive.” Trustees are seen during a Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board meeting at St. “There’s never been any justifying for it while the system is collapsing. “It’s disappointing that we continue to lose schools and teachers when one population (senior administration) is totally insulated,” said Harold Fox, president of the local chapter of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association. However, there is no reduction in the senior management ranks. In the coming year, Iatonna has trimmed about $400,000 from the administrative budget. Fulvio Valentinis, who has announced he’ll run for a Catholic trustees position this fall, said the board needs to find more savings in administration. “Different boards could be including different items or drawing funding from different envelopes that would reduce the administrative line.” Files: Windsor-Essex District Catholic School Board executive superintendent of business Mario Iatonna, left, and director of education Paul Picard, right, during a press conference at the board office May 17, 2011, in Windsor. “That’s a significant range and I’d be interested to see what items are included in those administrative budgets,” said Mario Iatonna, executive superintendent of corporates services. Of that group, Simcoe-Muskoka (20,141 students) had the lowest total administrative budget at $6.3 million while Halton Catholic (31,000 students) topped the list at $8.89 million. Hamilton-Wentworth is lowest at $272 per student for administrative costs followed by Halton ($286), Simcoe-Muskoka ($312), Waterloo ($324), Niagara ($356) and London ($408). It ranges from Durham Catholic’s ratio of one to 1,977 to Halton Catholic’s 2,818 per senior administrator. The seven other Catholic boards the WECDSB used in a 2013 comparison of senior management teams all have ratios higher than the local board. That means the WECDSB will have one senior administrator per 1,832 students compared to the public board’s ratio of one per 3,479 students. (JASON KRYK/ The Windsor Star)ĭue to government requirements for some management positions and targeted funding for superintendents in specific areas, the board is required to have at least seven senior administrators, he added. ” Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board’s Associate Director of Education Cathy Geml and Director of Education Paul Picard are pictured during a press conference at the board office in Windsor, Ont, in this 2011 file photo. I’d put our results in improving student achievement up against any board. “It allows us to have superintendents in the schools a lot more than other boards in the province. We sacrificed a lower management layer, so we’re leaner there. ![]() “The reason is to ensure the bar is kept high on student achievement and high quality control. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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