It is the second day of rallies in Lethbridge, and across much of the province, as teachers hit the picket lines in hopes of reaching a new deal with the Alberta Government.
That includes a small protest outside of Winston Churchill High School in Lethbridge, where students and parents showed their support for the province’s 51,000 educators.
We heard from two students, Myles Angyal in Grade 12 and Victoria Allen in Grade 10, who provided personal takes on how current education funding levels have impacted their abilities to learn.
They both say most of their classes have 37-38 students with one teacher and no educational assistants.
Allen says one of her teachers has a class with over 40 students.
“In a lot of my classes, I see that kids – a lot of them don’t have their own desks, so