By Sarah McGinnis, Calgary Herald Calgary teachers say parents must lobby the Stelmach government on behalf of their children after a funding freeze and mounting costs prompted the Calgary Board of Education on Tuesday to propose cutting 277 full-time jobs, including 192 teaching positions.
Calgary's public school board plans to use every penny of its $19-million savings to help cover its $1.045-billion operating budget for the 2010-11 school year.
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More schools, less staff to work in them. Anyone have any comments on this?
ReplyDeleteThese two stories in a row seem telling. Cutting jobs and filling 18 new schools - the simple math sure seems like it equals bigger classrooms.
ReplyDeleteHey... we might be losing teachers but atleast we get a shiny, new, state-of-the-art pedestrian bridge downtown! ???
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