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RSS FeedsHigh school teachers´ union warns of labour `disruption´ in fall over class-size changes
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22 march 2019 05:10:18

 
High school teachers´ union warns of labour `disruption´ in fall over class-size changes
(The Star Food)
 


An average high school with 800 students will lose 11 teachers — from 46 to 35 — because of changes introduced by the Ford government, the union representing secondary educators is warning.Moving from an average of 22 students to 28 students in a class will mean thousands of jobs eliminated over the next four years — some 5,700 in English public high schools alone, said Harvey Bischof, president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation.“That equates to a loss of approximately 34,000 classes,” he said Thursday. “It means that any smaller, more specialized program is unlikely to survive. It means ballooning class sizes in any course that is not limited by issues such as student safety, as we would see in certain technology classes.”And, he added, “it means in a fairly average high school of 800 students, by 2023, instead of the current 46 classroom teachers, there would be 35.”Bischof also warned of upcoming “disruption” this fall, given teacher contracts expiring at the end of August, saying his members “will not concede” to bigger classes in their local agreements.Across all school boards, about 10,000 teaching positions are expected to be eliminated, as classes in Grades 4 to 8 grow by an average of one student, and an average of six in high school. The government has said class caps in kindergarten and the primary grades will remain. The Ontario Public School Boards Association believes the increases will “have a dramatic and harmful effect on both students and staff in secondary schools across Ontario” and is asking the government to take a “second look” as it did with its controversial autism overhaul. “They have said that they are still doing consultations until the end of May,” said OPSBA President Cathy Abraham, adding she hopes the ministry will realize “the negative impact of such a big increase. “It’s not ...


 
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