Teachers Want Local Roundtable

Sunday, January 15, 2006 09:40 AM

Teachers across the province hit the pavement for two weeks in October

The President of the Prince George District Teachers Association wants a local process mirroring the provincial education roundtable discussions going on between the Liberal government and B.C. teachers.

Karen MacKay is calling on the school board to strike a committee to look at working and learning conditions within School District 57.

MacKay says she would like to see the committee -- comprised of school district officials, teachers, other labour partners, parents and students -- look at the issues affecting conditions in the classroom. She says the idea was raised during the November municipal election and all candidates expressed an interest.

At the first full school board meeting last Tuesday, MacKay raised the issue during the public input portion, but trustees are not obligated to respond and none did. The PGDTA President says she will not let the issue die.

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Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2006 09:40 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Gofaster on January 15 2006 1:02 PM

LOTS OF LUCK

Posted by: Percy on January 15 2006 11:45 PM

What a novel idea. Keep pursuing this. It's a start in the right direction. Percy

Posted by: tami on January 16 2006 1:40 AM

"but trustees are not obligated to respond and none did..." Why are the school board trustees not interested in responding, and possibly working toward finding solutions locally? Is this not why they were elected in the first place? If our local school board have their hands tied and can't respond to issues in our own school district, why were they elected? Who, in this equation is speaking for our children....after all, when the cameras are running, and the politicians are campaigning, isn't it always about what's best for the children? Who's getting lost in the shuffle here?

Posted by: Palopu on January 16 2006 5:49 PM

I suggest that the days of school trustees in this Province are numbered. We cannot be spending all our time debating, discussing, dissecting school policy with Teachers, and Trustees, Union Reps etc. It is the responsibility of the Government to set school policy and standards. Teachers wants are not synonymous with the public interest. They can of course negotiate for working conditions etc, however they have no more right to input into policy etc; than any other taxpayer in this Province. We elected the Government to look after these types of situations, and we really dont need unelected Teachers or Union Reps to help us with Policy. We have a pretty good idea how they voted in the last election and we can assume that it was contrary to who was elected.