'Why do it?': UCP government orders school boards to remove 'public' from names

The Alberta government has ordered a number of school divisions to remove "public" from their names, and while the education minister says it "changes nothing," others are concerned about the future of public schools. In a ministerial order effective Sept. 1, Education Minister Adriana LaGrange changed the names of multiple public school divisions:St. Albert School Division Red Deer School Division Fort McMurray School Division Elk Island School Division Medicine Hat School Division Grande Yello