The financial future looks bright at the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board.
It's now looking at an accumulated surplus of $14.3-million.
Higher-than-expected enrolment gets part of the credit. An additional 277 students this school year has seen a $1-million increase in provincial funding.
Executive Superintendent of Business, Penny King says new numbers are being prepared for the Ministry of Education. "This was our first goal, to get the year end done. So we're working now on a revised budget which is due to the Ministry for 2016-17. So we think that because of what we saw through some of these settlement negotiations it will be better than what we were originally planning when we did the budget estimates back in June."
The board has also seen a one-time payout of $4.4-million for post-retirement benefits.