Even with no reduction in the number of classroom teachers, the former chair of the District 8 Education Council, John MacKenzie doesn't see how the budget cuts in education mandated by the provincial government won't affect students sooner or later.
He points to very little money being available to fix the laptop computers students are using and if they can't be fixed, then the students are directly affected. MacKenzie is still a member of the District 8 Education Council.
Premier David Alward says more cuts are coming next year and the year after. MacKenzie says the time may have come to hold a big district wide fundraiser to generate additional revenue for schools.
