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Students would be the ones who suffered if the Waterioo Region separate school board did not pick up the funding shortfall after the provincial government reneged on a portion of a $788,000 commitâ€" ment for new computers, trustee Louise Ervin toid the board during its regular meeting Monday. The board grappled with a decision whether to dig into its pockets for funding to purchase 30 computers after the provincial governâ€" ment unexpectedly reduced grant money it had committed earlier in the year. After notifying the board in March it would be receiving $594,000 to purchase computers for elementary schools and $194,000 for computers to be used at secondary schools, the provincial governâ€" ment, in June, withdrew $90,290. Using a formula which determines government grants, the shortfall translated to $78,000, or 30 computers, which had to be made up by the board. With only one trustee in opposition, the board decided to provide the $78,000 from its own sources without increasing its $1.2 million deficit budget. The funding will fund the acquisition of 227 computers. "The bottom line here is the kids are suffering; it‘s not us sitting around here at this table it‘s the children," said Ervin. â€" Board provides money for computer purchase The board has one of the highest student/computer ratios in the province, said Ervin, and it‘s not something to be proud of. "I think we‘ve got to work to lower that ratio." Prior to the province‘s injection of funding (plus the board‘s share), Ervin said the system‘s student/computer ratio was 70 to 1. That ratio has now dropped to 49 to 1, with the addition of 227 computers, but still the student/computer ratio remains the third highest of Catholic systems in the province. The ideal ratio, which the government is pushing towards is 10 students per computer, and some board‘s have reached that goal, said Doug Hess, superintendent of education/human resources told the board, commitments had already been made to suppliers for the orginal amount. Aiso, he added, commitments which had been made to schools would be disrupted if the board opted not to seek the funding from its own sources. The reason for the reduction in government funding was a result of cabinet‘s decision to allocate $3 million to computer software, said director of education George Flynn. As the money was not available cabinet reâ€"allocated funds, withdrawing a portion from the computer The redistribution did mean the board received $30,000 for software, acknowledged Hess. "Because of this program we received $30,000 for software programs however, when you look at the net it‘s taking away $90,000 to give us $30,000," said Hess. 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