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Cost-cutting ideas put out by the Holt government include closing underused buildings, such as schools with fewer than 100 students. School districts say closures wouldn’t save much money, but instead come with another list of problems.
N.B. school district says education shouldn’t be considered in budget cuts
Jennifer Sweet · CBC News
· Posted: Feb 14, 2026 11:57 AM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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Closing schools with fewer than 100 students are among a list of ideas for possible cost-saving cuts put out by the Holt government. (Kate Bueckert/CBC)
District education councils are objecting to the prospect of school closures and budget cuts.
The fifth suggestion on a list of ideas for cost-cutting put out by the Holt government includes closing underused buildings, such as schools with fewer than 100 students.
Anglophone School District East has three schools that could be affected, said Dominic Vautour, the district council’s chair.
They are Riverside-Albert, Havelock and Dorchester Consolidated.
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