School trustee Josh Matlow (St. Paul's) said that while he fully supports the principle of full-service schools, the board should "not spend a single dime" on the projects until the province makes a commitment.

"This plan leaves it up to the board to co-ordinate and implement full-service schools. It will be the ministries that really dictate and create policies as far as how we're going to go about it," Mr. Matlow said. "I don't want us to spend a single dime on this until the cheque has been cashed by all levels of government who want to partner with us."

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