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Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools

The Board of Education for Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools is required by the provincial government to pass an annual budget by June each year.

The budget process begins in February, where district staff engage the community on budget spending priorities for the next year. The budget priorities are set by the district’s Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan is a guiding document that reflects feedback gathered in 2023 from students, staff, parents, caregivers and the community about what the school district should focus on and prioritize to support all learners in our district.

The Board of Education’s role is to make sure that the annual budget supports the Strategic Plan goals. For 2026-2027, the district has put in place key actions to support meeting the goals of the Strategic Plan. The key actions to support the Strategic Plan goals include:

Student Success
  • Implement Literacy and Numeracy Frameworks to support students with math, reading and writing across all grades.
  • Strengthen and align assessment and data practices- focusing on collecting and using data to understand how our students are doing in relation to previous years and provincial averages.
Student and Employee Wellness
  • Create and implement Student Wellness Framework
  • Create and implement an Employee Wellness Framework
Truth and Reconciliation
  • Deepen Nation and Indigenous relationships with district/schools
  • Build a culturally responsive mindset with the goal of cultural safety throughout the district through a system wide professional learning approach.

Please take a few moments to share your thoughts with us on the 2026-2027 budget priorities.
1.I am a:
2.What school(s) are you most closely associated with?
3.Thinking about Student Success, how supportive are you of the following actions:
Not supportive at all
Not very supportive
Neutral
Somewhat supportive
Very supportive
Implement Literacy and Numeracy Frameworks to support students with math, reading and writing across all grades.
Strengthen and align assessment and data practices- focusing on collecting and using data to understand how our students are doing in relation to previous years and provincial averages.
4.Do you have any recommendations to support Student Success?
5.Thinking about Student and Employee Wellness, how supportive are you of the following actions?
Not supportive at all
Not very supportive
Neutral
Somewhat supportive
Very supportive
Create and implement Student Wellness Framework
Create and implement an Employee Wellness Framework
6.Do you have any recommendations to support Student and Employee Wellness?
7.Thinking about Truth and Reconciliation, how supportive are you of the following actions?
Not supportive at all
Not very supportive
Neutral
Somewhat supportive
Very supportive
Deepen Nation and Indigenous relationships with district/schools
Build a culturally responsive mindset with the goal of cultural safety throughout the district through a system wide professional learning approach.
8.Do you have any recommendations to support Student and Employee Wellness?
9.Do you have any other comments you would like to share with trustees as they review next year’s budget?