They're looking for a better deal when it comes to the way the province provides grant support to the school divisions.

The Chinook School Division had a number of their trustees meet with representatives from the Department of Learning recently to discuss narrowing the gap in the mill rates between rural school division, as compared to urban based divisions.

Board Chair for Chinook, Gary Shaddock, says Chinook's mill rate is significantly higher than ones urban boards have set, currently sitting at 21.3. That's approximately 4-5 mills higher than the urban divisions.

According to Shaddock, in order for Chinook to close the mill rate gap on their own, they would need to find savings of $10 million, something they couldn't even achieve by closing schools.

The Deputy Learning Minister, which has heard the same concerns from other boards, has agreed to look into this issue.