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Alberta schools will have 1,000 more teachers and support staff when kids go back to class this fall if the NDP is re-elected April 16, Leader Rachel Notley vowed Thursday.

Flanked by parents in supporter Tyler Ogilvie’s Renfrew-area townhouse kitchen, Notley said her government would bump up classroom spending by $23 million to add 400 teachers and support workers to 600 already promised.

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And $1.3 billion would be invested over five years to upgrade and build 70 schools across the province, she said, “including a badly needed high school in northern Calgary.”

“No parent wants their kid to learn in a crammed classroom, no parent believes their child’s future should rise or fall with the price of oil,” said Notley.

But she spent much of her time with reporters attacking UCP Leader Jason Kenney’s education platform, part of which promises to abandon some of the curriculum reforms now being undertaken.