Public board takes funding hit

Algoma District School Board will get an estimated $250,000 to $300,000 less in provincial funding than what was expected for the 2018-2019 fiscal year.The Ontario government announced a $25-million cut to the education programs-other fund in late December.The English public board received about $2.5 million from this funding envelope, superintendent of business Joe Santa Maria told trustees during a meeting on Tuesday night. That represents 1.5 per cent of ADSB’s approximately $150-millio