Notley says she’ll hire more teachers, build more schools

EDMONTON – Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley is promising to hire nearly 1,000 more teachers this fall if her party returns to power after the April 16 election.

Notley says an additional 15,000 students are projected to be in classrooms when the next school year starts and it’s critical to give them the support they need.

She says an NDP government would hire 600 teachers and another 400 would come through a $23-million increase in the province’s classroom improvement fund.

The fund is delivered to schools based on student enrolment and is meant to help retain teachers, hire new ones and pay for resources to help students with complex needs.

Notley is also promising that the NDP would spend $1.3 billion to build and upgrade another 70 schools.

There would also be money to ensure every new and modernized school came with a playground.

Another $5 million a year would go to replace 100 ageing and outdated play areas.

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