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A new vision is needed to attract new school bus drivers and custodians, according to the Anglophone East Scho...

A massive campaign involving dozens of schools in the Greater Moncton area is once again a huge success.

Concerns over school washrooms in Anglophone East have been raised by members of the District Education Counci...

Anglophone East School District Director of Finance Aubrey Kirkpatrick (Photo: Zoom DEC meeting) The Anglophone East Director of Finance says a $2.5 million surplus isn’t typical for the School District, but Aubrey Kirkpatrick says it wasn’t a normal year due to COVID-19. He says there are many reasons for the surplus, but he narrowed it to three, including higher predicted transportation costs, “When we were asked to provide transportation estimates for having half the people on our bus, the Transportation department felt that all of our drivers would have to be eight hour drivers. We ...

This according to financials revealed during last night’s District Education Council meeting. Finance Director Aubrey Kirkpatrick was quick to respond when asked by Chair Harry Doyle whether or not the EA situation is okay,”No, we are funded for 454 FTE’s like we were last year, it did not go up. The need for EA’s went up, but the money didn’t go up.” Schools are already dealing with shortages, and it is estimated Anglophone East will need around 80 more Educational Assistants than they have funding for. Council member Ian Hebblewaithe referenced the need in one of his schools, de...