Students with disabilities or health conditions in the Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education have been told not come to school for the duration of the school support worker strike. Parents say this is discriminatory and is setting their children back.
Officials told Nova Scotia's public accounts committee that the province is updating its healthy food policy for schools and working on a universal lunch program.
School support workers at the Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education and the South Shore Regional Centre for Education went on strike this week seeking equal pay.