Alberta will have 11,000 new students this year but school boards will have $14.5 million less dollars to work with.Red Deer Public received a 0% funding increase for this year, and yet there are over 200 more students joining Red Deer Public this year. According to Troy Media the Alberta Consumer price index in May and June, 2013, increased from last year by 2.3%. In July, it increased 2.2% The August increase was 1.4%.
Education funding is not keeping up with rate of inflation. Children are our future - we need to provide them with a fully funded education or society will suffer in the long run. We need to voice our concerns about funding levels to the government!
In the short-term it is a trustee's responsibility to make sure our students and our schools are taken care of with the limited and insufficient resources we have been provided; however, in the long run, it is a trustee's responsibility to make sure the government provides sufficient and sustainable funding for our schools.
In the short-term it is a trustee's responsibility to make sure our students and our schools are taken care of with the limited and insufficient resources we have been provided; however, in the long run, it is a trustee's responsibility to make sure the government provides sufficient and sustainable funding for our schools.
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