How else can you help?

Sports team coaching or managing

Support for cultural eventsParents’ Association and its social committee BOT and the development committee

Parent involvement

State funding only covers the core curriculum – no extras

Everything else, including all co-curricular activity, is funded from parents and other sources

Parent donation

Decile funding accounts for about 13% of a school’s MOE funding. For every 500 students, the funding is:

Decile 1: $490,619.69 or $981 per studentDecile 2: $350,354.69Decile 3: $218,194.69Decile 4: $134,169.69 or $268 per studentDecile 8: $ 54,354.69Decile 9: $ 43,339.69Decile 10: $ 27,044.69 or $ 54 per student 

Decile funding explanation

Our budget

PropertyExtracurricularICT EquipmentMajor projects

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Total 2014 Budget (excl.teachersalaries)$4.2m

Curriculum$2.1m

$2.1m Extra Staff SalariesOther Equipment

Capital Expenditure

Administration

Government pays 2.1m

Parents’ donation 0.5m

International students, facilities rental & other sources of income 1.6m

TOTAL 4.2m

School income (excluding teachers salaries)

Item Cost

General (per student) $ 285

Technology (per student) $ 195

Development (per family) $ 180

TOTAL $ 660

Break down of 2015 donation

Co - curricular –• this helps pay for musical and sporting

equipment, additional Library resources,

Extra staffing – • student support staff, additional

teacher aides, sports and arts coordinators

General - $285

Contributes to:

* Wireless and cabled network* WGC4me and the parent portal* Computer suites* Leased laptops & netbooks* Ultrafast broadband through the Wellington Loop Connected Learning Community* Hardware

Technology - $195

Facilities not funded by the Ministry of Education

Current projects are –

• Enhanced music and drama facilities • “The Commons”• Improved planting and way finding

Development - $180

Lots of opportunities for getting involved at WGC

WGC4me has more details about Board and parent groups

Parent donations are a key part of the school’s funding

Summary