2016/2017
BUDGET
Winnipeg School Division Milk Program
Winnipeg School Division began subsidizing student purchases of milk for a snack or lunch supplement almost 50 years ago.
In elementary schools the subsidy began in 1969 when the selling price of a half pint of milk was 8 cents – the student paid 5 cents
and WSD subsidized 3 cents.
Since then, the subsidy was revisited in 1977 when the student price was set at 10 cents where it has remained despite the cost of
milk increasing to 60 to 86 cents per individual serving, depending on the vendor.
Currently (2015/2016), students purchasing milk pay 10 cents per individual serving. WSD subsidizes the remaining cost, which totals
about $500,000 annually.
Effective September 2016, students will pay 25 cents for an individual serving of milk. In addition, the milk program will be tendered
as a single program for best purchase price of the 250 ml containers to achieve savings across the division. WSD will subsidize the
remaining estimated annual cost of $300,000.
No other school divisions in Winnipeg subsidize milk purchases.
Physical Education Credit
The Healthy Kids, Healthy Futures Task Force Report was released in June 2005, and the Manitoba Government pledged to
implement all 47 of its recommendations, among them, a requirement for all Grade 11 and Grade 12 students to complete two
physical education/health education (PE/HE) credits for graduation, in addition to the two credits required in Grade 9 and Grade
10. Schools were given the option of choosing to include the PE/HE credits in the timetable or using an out-of-classroom model.
Objectives of the out-of-classroom model include:
• help youth take greater ownership of their own physical fitness
• promote the discovery of activities suited to their own individual interests
• encourage active lifestyles that persist into their futures
The choice of the OUT-of-class model was provided to help minimize the time students spend away from academic studies, and give
families, students, and schools more options in their efforts to increase physical activity among young people. As well, local recreation
and sports-related organizations are encouraged to explore how nearby schools and community facilities could be jointly used.
OUT-of-class time is student-directed and based on learning outcomes from the curriculum that promote participation in physical
activity. The OUT-of-class delivery option requires teacher/parent/guardian sign-off. The OUT-of-class time may include physical
activities that occur:
• in school with teacher supervision (e.g., intramurals, interschool sports, fitness workouts) but not during instructional class time
• outside of the school or off school property, and without direct supervision by a certified teacher.
Schools may offer as little as 25% of the mandated 110 hours to students within scheduled classes or up to 100% of the course
within the school schedule. The hours the school does not offer the student in a scheduled class are to be made up by the student in
an OUT-of Class Physical Activity Practicum, of which a minimum is 55 hours at the moderate to vigorous intensity level.
In Winnipeg School Division, schools base their OUT-of-Class delivery option on the needs of their communities. Currently six out of 13 high
schools offer 75% OUT-of-Class, one is 50%, two are 25% OUT-of-Class and four schools offer all in school PE class.
Winnipeg School Division provides funding to each school based on its OUT-of-Class delivery option and the number of students
enrolled in Grade 11 and 12.