B.C. School Trustees Gather Here

Thursday, April 27, 2006 03:55 AM

For the first time, the B.C. School Trustees Association is holding its Annual General Meeting outside of the southern part of the province.

Prince George is hosting the 4 day event at the Civic Centre, which will feature presentations, special sessions, and the election of the Board of Directors.

The discussion sessions cover a variety of topics, from early childhood education, to aboriginal band involvement in aboriginal education,and from Trades and apprenticeship programs to ideas on how to better link school boards with parents.

The weekend event won't be without controversy as members of the Prince George and District Teachers Association plan to rally outside the Civic Centre on Saturday. The teachers are in contract talks, and have been told Trustees do not support the class size recommendations teachers have presented at the "Learning Round Table." The teachers want to limit class sizes in grades 8-12. BCTF President Jinny Sims will come to Prince George to take part in the rally.

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Posted on Thursday, April 27, 2006 03:55 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: YamaDooPolCat on April 27 2006 7:28 AM

It's getting a little confusing as to who is in charge. The BCST or PGPTA or BCTF?
I think they should all take a pill and relax. They all came through a system that made them the smartest people in the world, or at least they claim to be. Obviously there is nothing wrong with the "old" school system, except of course it produced too many "experts" in what's wrong with themselves.

Posted by: lunarcom on April 27 2006 10:59 AM

You have hit the nail on the head for the problem ! The old system just doesn't exist any more ! Never as a child growing up was I in a class any where the size my kids are in now. Not with as many special needs children as well ! Yes please give us back the old system, that is all we want !

Posted by: owl on April 27 2006 11:46 AM

Lunarcom .... I think your comments depend on the age of the individual. I am old enough to have gone through classes of between 30 and close to 40 students.

Special needs? That term changes over time. There were "special needs" students in my classes. The teachers knew about them and the students knew about them. However, looking back on it now, they were certainly not "tagged" with that name or category then as they are now.