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Originally Posted by #-3
I'd say there are a substantial group of people who view public education as a key cornerstone in our social contract, believing that staying educated in an information age, and having an informed electorate requires broadly available access to basic education for anyone regardless of circumstances.
I think from past rhetoric and actions people are fearful that this government does not share in holding the institution as a cornerstone of our social contract. And the way the political right has general behaved over the past ten to fifteen years has not inspired trust that the make decisions good faith.
Right or wrong people are primed to believe this government would be happy to reduce public school boards to the benefit of privet school boards, and aren't inclined to be charitable towards the actions taken in opposition to our schools.
I'm more of a wait and see montra with this one, I'm thinking they might have made the decision for the right reason, but have little faith they'll will not use the opportunity to lessen the education my children getting from the CBE, and i am hopeful I am proven wrong.
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I completely agree with what you're saying. All I was trying to ask is why 3/4 of the school boards don't get hammered publicly the same way the CBE does?
Seems to me that the CBE is on an island here, so whether the long term plan of this conservative government is to defund public education (which would include edmonton and calgary) seems removed from the discussion about whether the CBE is a mess.