Alberta’s teachers are on strike and as they hit the picket line, the province’s parents and students are set to see disruptions.

About 51,000 teachers have walked off the job , leaving more than 730,000 students in the province’s public, Catholic and francophone schools impacted.

“Ideally, we would want a short strike so that we could get back to work, but we also know that we need to stand up for public education,” Alberta Teachers’ Association president Jason Schilling said on Monday.

But classes aren’t the only thing facing disruptions.

Ahead of the strike, most school boards in the province sent notices to families informing them that field trips, extracurricular activities and sports would also be cancelled.

In most cases, those who paid fees for such trips and activities wi

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