EDMONTON The Alberta School Councils’ Association (ASCA) is designed to be a connector for government and parent school councils. Friday was understood as an opportunity for the association to engage with the education minister directly, prior to their annual conference scheduled for this weekend. Instead, Education Minister Adriana LaGrange used her time to defend the heavily criticized Kindergarten-to-Grade 6 curriculum and funding cuts to schools. Little time was reserved for conversation and questions with only one question able to be asked by the audience. “Our tech team and our staff had worked very closely to create the opportunity and space for us to have those live questions,” ASCA president Brandi Rai said.