On March 28, Jason Kenney’s government announced $128 million in funding allocated to education in Alberta would be moved to relief efforts in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now, school boards across the province are under pressure to meet a requested 14-per cent reduction and temporarily reduce staff effective April 30, while giving employees the adequate amount of notice.
Earlier this week, Red Deer School Divisions, the Medicine Hat School Division and the Prairie Rose School Division announced they wouldn’t be cutting any educational assistants for the time being.
Prairie Rose offered their educational assistants the option to take the leave, or stay and continue working for the board. According to administration, 40 out of 128 employees