As kids head back to class in B.C., many educators are having to make do with less after school districts across the province made hefty budget cuts in the spring.

While the province touts its record investments into public education, school trustees and parents say the system is at a "crunch point."

"There isn't any more wiggle room at the board level.... The whole model needs to change," said Bonnie McBride, chair of the district parent advisory council for the Kamloops-Thompson School District 73.

Earlier this year, the school district cut almost $5.8 million from its budget, including 74.6 full-time equivalent positions in teaching staff, support staff, principal, vice principal and exempt staffing, as well as supplies and more.

Other school districts across the province are in the

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