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Opposition NDP Leader Rachel Notley is calling on the education minister to pull up her socks or be replaced, claiming she has failed to provide school boards with adequate information to plan their budgets.

Unsure of how much money they have to work with during the next year, school boards across Alberta have been approving budgets based on assumptions — not all of which are consistent.

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Teachers with the Calgary Board of Education are warning that Alberta’s largest school district will have 220 fewer teachers next year as it grows by an estimated 1,800 students, while Edmonton Public Schools is trimming some non-teaching professionals, such as mental health therapists and maintenance workers, to balance its budget.

Education Minister Adriana LaGrange said Wednesday she told school boards the new government is “keeping the system whole” until it introduces a provincial budget later this fall.