Rural Alberta school moving to four-day week as enrollment drops below funding threshold

A rural Alberta school is moving to a four-day instructional week and losing a teacher after its enrollment fell below the province's funding threshold.

Byemoor School will lose about $260,000 in provincial block funding because student numbers for the coming year have dropped below 35 — the enrollment level that triggers the province's baseline funding support. The school division cited the enrollment decline as the reason for the operational cuts.