This story is part of an ongoing CBC Nova Scotia series examining how the province is managing its record-setting population boom after decades of limited growth.
There are times that Crystal Ellingsen’s classroom is so full, she barely has room to walk between the desks.
The substitute teacher in the Halifax Regional Centre for Education said it’s an increasingly familiar scene, as more classes in Nova Scotia meet or exceed mandated provincial caps on the number of students.
“A lot of kids are falling through the cracks,” said Ellingsen, who teaches primary to Grade 12. “If there’s 28 kids in a class, there’s no way a
