Of course taxpayers are upset. Schools are also expected to do more than ever before, becoming centres where a multitude of services and supports are being provided for children, not the least of which is education. The ever-expanding list of duties for schools has not been followed with funding and resources to support those roles. The government has had to make tough choices over the past decade and one of those choices has been to limit their spending on education. And so we are told that we are on the verge of a tax revolt, but maybe it should be our children and the parents of those children who should be revolting, because it seems to me that they are the ones who are being short-changed.
Children are our future.
They are our next prime ministers and premiers, our next doctors and nurses, our next parents and grandparents. If we can afford to do only one thing properly in this province, surely it must be educating our children. Regina Ward is President of the Saskatchewan School Trustees Association, the province s elected school board members and the voice of the public in education. The SSTA represents all boards of education in Saskatchewan.