Trustees from school boards across Alberta have united in an effort to have all political parties commit cash to the classroom for the years to come.
Representatives from the Calgary Board of Education (CBE) and Calgary Catholic School District (CCSD) were joined on Scotsman’s Hill by members of several rural and francophone school boards on Monday to demonstrate the expected influx of students next year. A similar event was jointly held in Edmonton.
According to the trustees, an estimated 15,000 students – enough to fill 75 per cent of the seats of the Scotiabank Saddledome – will join Alberta’s school system for the 2019/2019 school year and whichever party forms Alberta’s next government will need to support the influx.
“It is imperative that each one of those 15,000 students be funded,” said Marilyn Dennis, vice-chair of the CBE. “As a group of diverse school boards, metro, urban and rural, we each face different challenges should the next government not provide funding for growth in all areas.”
Source: CTV News Calgary
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