PRSD Trustee Advocacy Work lands on CBC
One of the primary roles of a school board Trustee is to advocate for public education and the interests of students within their division. Recently, PRSD Trustees have caught the attention of national news provider CBC through the advocacy work they are doing in connection with the ongoing viability review of Dixonville School.
What are our Trustees advocating for? Primarily, fair and equitable funding for small, rural schools. Schools in rural, northern Alberta face challenges that are not experienced by schools in the more heavily populated areas of the province. These challenges include declining enrollment and increased transportation costs because of population sparsity. These challenges demand, according to our Trustees, something beyond the existing "one-size-fits-all" funding approaching.
Read the CBC News article HERE.
Listen to the CBC Radio clip HERE.
To learn more about the specific ways our Trustees are advocating for public education in the north, view their advocacy priorities on our website HERE.