Ariana Mancini, a Fort McMurray teacher of an ECDP and kindergarten class, has 30 students this year. This student-to-teacher ratio would be illegal in Alberta’s daycares, she points out. At the high school level, Jay Duffett once had 45 students in his chemistry class. Article content

Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) president Jason Schilling says teachers in rural Alberta have a harder time finding specialists, therapists, substitute teachers and support staff compared to Edmonton and Calgary. Article content

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“Teachers are not willing to take the status quo anymore. They’re being told to do more with less time and time again, and they’re at the point where they can’t do it anymore,” said Schilling in an interview during a Fort McMurray rally fo

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