School fees and credit caps cut a slice from Edmonton school board budgets

New limits on school fees and a cap on high school credit funding put pressure on Edmonton school boards as they both dipped into reserves to balance their budgets.
As both Edmonton public and Catholic school boards approved their 2017-18 budgets Tuesday, trustees fretted about their dependence on government funding new students as each district grows.
“There has been talk in the past of not funding growth, and that makes me anxious,” Edmonton public trustee Michael Janz said during