Welbourn was among a crowd of about 40 people who rallied outside Halifax city hall on Tuesday evening to urge the municipality to keep funding in place for school librarians. The Halifax Regional Centre for Education (HRCE) pays for about 75 library support specialists through the Halifax municipality’s supplementary education fund, which is unique in the province. But Welbourn said she has learned that Halifax councillors recently voted in private to have HRCE not use the supplementary funding for school librarians. They were … taking advantage of the supplementary funding to backfill gaps in positions they had,” Coun. Tony Mancini says he believes school librarians should not be covered under the Halifax supplementary education fund.

Source: CBC News March 26, 2026 04:29 UTC