Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Teachers call on parents to start lobbying as Calgary school board widens job cuts

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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3 comments:

  1. More schools, less staff to work in them. Anyone have any comments on this?

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  2. These two stories in a row seem telling. Cutting jobs and filling 18 new schools - the simple math sure seems like it equals bigger classrooms.

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  3. Hey... we might be losing teachers but atleast we get a shiny, new, state-of-the-art pedestrian bridge downtown! ???

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