Nova Scotia to add 47 new staff to address violence in classrooms

NDP Leader Claudia Chender is likewise not convinced.

"I think it was an announcement for the sake of an announcement," she said. "We're waiting for a [new] code of conduct policy that we were originally told would be here in September."

The existing code of conduct was criticized in the auditor general's report for not having a clear definition of violence in schools, using the term "unacceptable behaviours" instead.