If student literacy and numeracy rates decline, the blame will lie with the provincial government and its budget decision to cut 249 teaching positions. That, from Peter Fullerton, President of the New Brunswick Teachers Association who says parents and grandparents should stand up and be counted..
Fullerton says the only way he can see getting rid of the 249 teaching jobs is by closing schools and combining classes.
He adds the Liberals were talking far differently about education during the provincial election campaign.