Cutting School Days

It was reported recently that the St. Paul Education Regional Division is cutting the school year by one day to save $50,000. It may seem like a good idea on the surface but it is setting a dangerous precedence.

What is the message that is being sent to children? School is important for your future, you must attend classes regularly, unless it will save us some money.

This is the richest province in Canada. We have a strong economy and by all indicators it will only be getting stronger. Do we really need to be saving money buy cutting class time for children?