ATA Rally

Education week is May 2nd - May 6th. The next day the Alberta Teachers Association Local 38 is holding a rally at Eau Claire market to protest the funding cuts to our schools. Join them and add your voice. All are welcome; 2:00 - 3:30 pm.

I had a chat with Jenny Regal, Local 38's president, about the rally and she said that teachers are very concerned about the lack of education funding in Alberta. She feels teachers have a professional responsibility to protest the impending reduction in quality education. Yes, some of her members will lose their jobs, but just as important is the degradation that will occur to a world class education system. Saturday - that's what they will be protesting.

This rally will be aimed not at the CBE, and not at Alberta Education but the provincial government. Ms. Regal is convinced that Minister Dave Hancock and his department did their best to garner as much of the provincial budget as they could and the CBE is working diligently to spread that funding around as responsibly as possible. Unfortunately they simply didn't get enough from our government.

At a time when the Alberta Liberals, the Alberta Party and the Progressive Conservatives are in the midst of various leadership races, this rally could gain some serious attention by candidates looking for support from concerned party members.

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