19-06-2018 11:00 via edmontonjournal.com

Alberta class sizes: Here's where the province's largest cities are overflowing with students

Picture this.
An Edmonton Grade 10 math class filled with 45 kids.
A Calgary school with 46 students crammed into a Grade 11 science class.
Junior high schools in Red Deer so crowded some Grade 7 and 8 students are now hosted by elementary schools.
Classes with 40 or more students were no anomaly in Alberta’s three biggest cities this school year — numbers far exceeding average class-size targets set 15 years ago by the province.
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