Advocacy Priorities

RVS continues to experience pressures from significant year-over-year growth. As elected representatives of our communities, we call on governments to provide funding and resources to ensure all students can learn, belong and succeed.

To support the Board’s vision of RVS as a world-class learning organization where all students achieve their absolute best, we advocate for Space for Students and Supports for Students.

Advocating for RVS

Municipal and provincial governments must support growing school divisions in bolstering infrastructure where students and staff can thrive.

RVS provides a positive, quality learning experience to more than 29,000 public students in Kindergarten to Grade 12, and an appropriate number of spaces for these students is required to support their learning and wellbeing.
RVS’ student population continues to grow by about 750 to 1,000 students annually; these students could fill one to two new schools each year.
RVS has a continuing need for new schools, modernizations and expansions, modular classrooms and shovel-ready school sites. Ongoing population growth in all our communities continues to impact school enrolment numbers. From Kindergarten to Grade 12, our students need and deserve space in which to learn and grow.

Government must invest in the success of every student to ensure all students experience an education that is inclusive, safe and supportive.

The Weighted Moving Average (WMA) funding model which uses an average of three years of enrolment numbers to determine an average does not provide equitable funding to a growing division like RVS. Supplemental grant funding helps but does not eliminate the need for RVS to fund these students by pulling financial resources from other areas.
Appropriate funding for complexity in classrooms and mental health/wellness supports and resources is required of government.
Provincial government funding for public education must be prioritized and strengthened.