The provincial government announced Saturday it would be redirecting approximately $128 million initially slotted for K-12 schools into Alberta’s COVID-19 response, following the cancellation of all in-person classes on March 15. “It seems like it is a tremendous shock to a lot of people,” said Clark Bosch, board chair of the Lethbridge School Division.
He says they were told in mid-March that funding would remain for the rest of the school year. Bosch said they were asked to reduce staff by about 14 per cent, but a more specific number will be provided by Tuesday, and they aren’t providing specific instructions on which positions to let go. “They’re referring the decision-making, as to who is essential and who is not essential, to the