N.B. news: Education comments on upcoming election [Video]

Two members from the Anglophone East District Education Council (DEC) spoke out Wednesday morning with a clear message for the government when it comes to their position in the province.

“As we head into a provincial election, our DEC is doing two crucial things: First, we are standing against the politicization of our school system. Parties and governments come and go and so do their ideological commitments, but our children’s education is far too important to allow ideology to dictate changes on a whim,” said DEC member Kristin Cavoukian. “Second, we’re standing up for democracy. We are elected by parents and we are actively fighting back against the Higgs’ government democratic attempt to dissolve our DEC and impose direct control over our district from Fredericton.”

The District Education Council is elected by parents within the district to support the development and implementation of policies within their schools.

Earlier this year, the province started the process to dissolve the education …