Calgary parents face capacity issues at schools as student enrolment reaches record levels - LiveWire Calgary
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With the new school year starting in two weeks, the Calgary Board of Education is looking for ways to deal with record levels of student population growth throughout the next 10 years. Justin Simaluk and his wife have lived in Calgary’s inner city for five years, but the recent birth of their child means they […]

Around 34 schools are at capacity according to the Calgary Board of Education.

  • jakob22@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    10·
    3 months ago

    This isn’t a “too many new students problem”. This is a “consistent lack of funding from the provincial government” problem. Until people realize that and change their voting habits, nothing will change…

    • TheAgeOfSuperboredom@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      Don’t worry. The UCP is focussed on the real important issues in schools, like turning teachers into pronoun police. 🙄

    • Swordgeek@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      Absolutely right, and completely intentional.

      To make matters even worse, they’re funnelling public education funds into things like charter schools.

      The end goal is to destroy public education, just like the heathcare sector is being crushed to justify for-profit healthcare.