Tough decisions loom Tuesday for trustees with London’s fast-growing Catholic school board over proposed cuts to busing for specialty programs intended to rein in spending that have drawn parental blowback.

In Septem­ber, Gabe Pizzuti, chair of the Lon­don Dis­trict Cath­olic board, said he was shocked to learn the board’s budget has a fund­ing short­fall of more than $22 mil­lion . The board’s total 2025-26 budget is $411 million.

Pizzuti this week said that to “move forward responsibly,” the organization “must clearly identify which services are not funded and make informed decisions.”

Trustees will vote Tuesday on proposed budget reductions affecting busing for three spe­cialty pro­grams currently not funded by the Education Ministry: St. Mary choir and orches­tra school and Cath

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