Enrolment growth and busing changes challenge public schools

If Edmonton public school board chairwoman Michelle Draper could tell Education Minister David Eggen one thing, it would be, “just slow down. My goodness.”
And, she has told him.
In 2017, school boards dealt with regulatory whiplash when the provincial government introduced changes and limitations to how schools charge student fees. The wild ride will continue in 2018 as government writes new regulations for Bill 28, legislation that amended the School Act to create a universal cut-o