Education Minister orders CBE audit following decision to cut 300 temporary teachers

CALGARY – The Calgary Board of Education (CBE) has announced it will be terminating the contracts of 300 temporary teachers as of Jan. 2, 2020 and Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says the cuts are the result of mismanagement within the CBE.  Christoph Usih, chief superintendent of schools at the CBE, made the announcement Tuesday amid a $32-million dollar shortfall in provincial funding. In a statement, Usih said that these teachers have received verbal notice and will receiv