This is a big issue in B.C. In the past teachers have spent an average of $500.00 a year on classroom resources. In addition, we rely on fundraising by the parents to pay for field trips, program enrichment, technical equipment, library books, etc. etc.

Its a slippery slope my friends.

Because we have been subsidizing the public school system for so long, they now think that privatization is the only answer.

Its just another neo-con tactic. Cut back and bleed the system instead of raising taxes and funding the system appropriately and then turn around and blame it on the unions.