NDP demands UCP act ahead of school support worker strike [Video]

Two Alberta school divisions gearing up for a strike by more than 3,000 support workers say they’re drawing up contingency plans but encourage parents to keep in touch with their school’s principal.

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The Canadian Union of Public Employees has said picket lines are to go up at 7:30 a.m. on Monday at three public high schools in Edmonton and all schools in the Sturgeon Public School Division, which is north of the Alberta capital.

Edmonton Public School Board superintendent Darrel Robertson told a Friday news conference that principals are working to mitigate the impacts, but said each school will be affected differently.

Parents are to contact principals if they are facing challenges with accommodations for students with special needs, he said.

“As much as it pains me to say, you can’t take 3,000 workers out …