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Originally Posted by corporatejay
Can someone who is of the "they are pushing the private school agenda" please explain why they continually hammer the CBE but not the CSSC or the Edmonton school boards?
If you have 4 boards and 1 is a total economic cluster#### and the other three seem to be doing just fine, how is that the government being unrealistic?
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My father who has taught in the CSSC for 32 years absolutely agrees that the provincial government is defunding both the CBE and CSSC in order to promote more private and charter schools. His colleagues in our hockey pool agree. This story is about the CBE but all the budget cuts apply to both boards and both are bleeding staff and increasing class sizes for next year.
The law in Alberta is very clear about how much money public school boards can spend on administration. I think it's around 4%, but that needs a fact check. All our public boards are within the limit on admin spending. There is no grand spending problem at the CBE.
I am shocked that people are cheering on the dismantling of our public education system. The government isn't proposing a new system here. They are only threatening to dismantle the existing one.