Both of the Windsor-Essex english school boards says it is too early to tell if education cuts will impact the board.
The province's 72 school boards were notified Friday night that $25-million in cuts were made in "Education Programs-other" which includes programs such as tutors, leadership programming as well as French and Indigenous programming.
How much funding it will mean to the local public and catholic boards is still unclear.
Greater Essex County District School Board Chair Jessica Sartori says the memo came at 5 pm Friday and meant a weekend of work for senior administrators.
"Administration has been working through the weekend to really try to understand what it's going to mean for our board I don't have those answers yet I think they will be coming soon. But I think that what is clear is that the cuts are going to be in the area of equity"
Sartori says the school population locally means the local board could face more impact than other areas of the province.
"We are one of the most culturally diverse populations in the province of Ontario. As well we have a high percentage of children living in low income and it's very concerning"
Catholic Board Spokesperson Stephen Fields says senior administration will have to review the provincial memo and go over its budget to see if there is any affect on the local budget.
"What we are going to have to do is take a look at that memo, take a look at our budget and see if it is going to have any impact on us at all, at this point, we really don't know because we haven't had the opportunity to sit down and compare notes as an administrative team and that's what typically we do whenever we get an announcement like this."
The province indicated it reviewed the 'Education Programs-Other" fund and found it had a 'track record of wasteful spending.'
The ministry says the cuts will affect each board differently.
The fund will now total $400-million for the 2018-2019 fiscal year.
— With files from AM800's Peter Langille