Saskatoon Public Schools pulls from its reserves to balance its 2017-18 budget

Despite having to pull roughly $2 million from operating reserves to ensure current programming can continue, the Saskatoon Public School Division will hire the equivalent of 35.9 new staff members for the upcoming school year.
The public school board approved its budget of more than $259.4 million at its meeting Tuesday — a decrease of $754,373, or 0.3 per cent compared to last year.
Facing a shortfall of about $11.5 million due to decreased provincial funding and growing student enrolmen