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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.
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The Calgary Board of Education is the latest Alberta school board to say it won’t help test the province’s controversial new draft K-6 curriculum this fall.
Meanwhile, the Calgary Catholic School District (CCSD) says it won’t force any of its teachers or principals to use the new curriculum, though individual classrooms may opt in.
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The public board said in a statement late Friday afternoon its classrooms would not be among those piloting the curriculum, released by the province March 29. The choice to opt out was made by both the CBE Board of Trustees and administrators.