Editorial: Education is part of a prosperous province

An editorial that appeared in the Canmore Leader, "Education is part of a prosperous province," opens with the statement, "If you are a parent in Alberta, if you are even thinking of raising a child in Alberta, if you care about the future of this province in any way, you might consider writing a letter to ..."

Education funding is an issue across this province and touches every school board. While a few boards may weather this storm and minimize impacts to the classroom with dwindling reserves, they have shared that it is only a matter of time before their well runs dry. At the last board meeting, we learned that eight school boards in the province were in such dire straights that the province had to provide some assistance.