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Originally Posted by Slava
I'm really glad to see a thread on this. I was going to post one, but frankly just figured that no one else cared/noticed!
I don't even know where to begin with my frustration on this....but the CBE has some serious explaining to do IMO. How is it that other districts in the province (while certainly living the high life financially) are able to seemingly minimize these cuts where the CBE is continually cutting front-line staff? How is it that the administration budget seems set at the legislated maximum of 4% in the face of the budgetary cuts?
Yasa: I generally agree on the tech issue and the smart boards, but in a lot of these schools the parents fund-raise to buy those.
Pylon: I would greatly disagree that the public school system is winding down. Lots of kids hate school (and that has to be addressed, and there is actually progress being made on this issue), but the reality is that kids learn an immense amount of life and social skills in a classroom setting that they simply do not learn at home. Along with that there are opportunities and experiences that are available to kids in schools that are not available to children in a home setting, whether the internet is there or not.
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I think it the government that has explaining to do not the school boards. My wife's district is cutting 40 staffing positions out of 361. Not all will be teachers but most will be as that is where the money saving comes from. Again we see a government that will spend 350 million on a new Museum yet let class sizes rocket out of control.
Everyone needs to phone their MLA and explain how unacceptable this is.