@PaulaRe48195653@MsLutzmann@PaulaRe48195653 , it's not the ATA that would have to figure out where to find space for more classes if public education gets proper funding to hire additional teachers. It's the school boards that would have to figure it out. Trust me, the boards would figure it out!
@_Andrew_Chu_@AmandaChapman And the number one issue is that this this opaque and flawed calculation leads to larger class sizes at public schools only. I do not understand why chartered and private schools can cap their class sizes at any size they want with no financial penalty. Let's level the rules.
@_Andrew_Chu_@AmandaChapman The calculation is so complex that it's obfuscating. Taxpayers deserve transparency. And a major issue is that the Province has used this tool to reject requests for new schools in new communities, and to force public school boards to close schools in established communities.
@_Andrew_Chu_@AmandaChapman This is so complex that it's obfuscating. Bottom line: public school boards and charter boards are being treated differently. The GoA clawed back $4 million from the CBE last year for "half empty" schools that were actually full. P69 of funding manual explicitly exempts charters.
@_Andrew_Chu_@AmandaChapman@_Andrew_Chu_ and @AmandaChapman, The 85% rule is laid out in a different document from the school utilization calculation. You’ll find the 85% rule in Section C3.1 of the provincial government’s Funding Manual for School Authorities, which starts on p 68.
@_Andrew_Chu_@AmandaChapman@_Andrew_Chu_ and @AmandaChapman, And, sure, not EVERY school in Alberta needs 40 kids per class to achieve 100% utilization, but the fact that we have ANY public school in Alberta expected to have 40 kids per class in KINDERGARTEN is wrong.
@_Andrew_Chu_@AmandaChapman@_Andrew_Chu_ and @AmandaChapman, ONLY public schools in Alberta have operational funding clawed back by provincial government when class sizes fall below a threshold set by the provincial government, which varies from school to school. Chartered and private schools do not.
Thank you @ABDanielleSmith and @DemetriosnAB for your funding announcement yesterday. This is good news for Calgary's kids and good news for Alberta's future prosperity!
It was an honour to present CBE school trustee @SusanVuka with a Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal on behalf of @shoffmanAB for Susan's outstanding commitment to public education and volunteerism. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition. #yyccbe#yycedu#ableg
A safe space for children fleeing the war in Ukraine https://t.co/tNXexoXAZN via @YouTube The situation continues to deteriorate. More than 4.2 M people—half of them children—have already fled the country, with thousands more leaving every day. I'm a proud monthly donor to UNICEF
@jarvisschmid @elledotelliott @yycbe@yyCBEdu @UsihChristopher Yes, @jarvisschmid, let's have a telephone conversation about this. Please send me an email at [email protected] and we can figure out a time in January to have this convo. I'm looking forward to hearing what you have to say.
@apmalong @elledotelliott @yycbe@yyCBEdu @UsihChristopher @schill_dawg@CBCCalgary@CTVCalgary@AdrianaLaGrange Yes, I am for sure not good at social media. I'm working on it. Would you like to set up an online meeting so we can chat? Send me an email at [email protected] and we can figure out a time. I'm good at email, phone, in person meetings, online meetings - just new to Twit.