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A CLOSER LOOK
What is the impact of new teacher deal? The Burnaby school district charts a new course with class-size requirements making a comeback By Cornelia Naylor
cnaylor@burnabynow.com
Burnaby school district officials will travel back in time this spring as they work to get their hiring in
line with working conditions agreed to nearly 20 years ago. Under a deal between B.C. teachers and the provincial government – ratified by teachers and local boards
earlier this month – provisions in the teachers’ collective agreement around class-size limits, limits on the number of special needs students in a class and the required ratio of specialist
teachers to students should be back in place in time for hiring for next school year. The agreement is the result of a November Supreme Court of Canada ruling that restored class-
size, class-composition and specialist-teacher ratio provisions in the teachers’ contract after finding the provincial government had stripped them illegally in 2002.
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“It’s strange. It’s sort of like going back in time almost,” Burnaby Teachers’ Association president Frank Bonvino told the NOW. “You’re taking that language Continued on page 3