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Monday, June 13, 2011

Teachers Claim There Is Fear Over Cuts In School Budgets

The President of the New Brunswick Teachers Association says cuts to education are serious and the effect will be felt in the classroom.

Noreen Bonnell tells CHSJ News there is little room to give where teachers and students are concerned.

Bonnell tells us the School Districts have their approved budgets and are in the process of figuring out how the cuts will really impact teachers and students when the needs are more critical than ever before.

In an effort to find savings, the Department of Education requested that all school districts find .8 per cent savings by April of this year and an additional 2 per cent by March of next year.

 Premier David Alward vows the cost cutting will continue over the next couple of years with further budget reductions in education.