It seems like yesterday kids were headed back to class to start a new school year and it's already about to end.

Foothills School Board Chair Christine Pretty says 2016-17 has been a good one for the division.

"We've had a great year, some exciting announcements with the new school in Okotoks and some of the solar panel additions and some of those things, " she says. "It's been a busy year at the end with the nutrition program announcement and the school fees announcement so that part has been end of the year busy but it's been a great year for kids in our system."

She says they, like every division, got an extension on the deadline for their budget to the end of because of the school fee announcement from the province so they're getting close to finishing that up.

She expects staffing to remain stable.

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