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Langley Farm Market
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2168 Austin Ave, Coquitlam
LANGLEY FARM MARKET
For fresh and quality foods
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SCHOOL DiStriCt 43
Big hikes for admin as teachers fight for pay raises 10% raise for supt. in charge of Tri-City public schools Diane StranDberg dstrandberg@tricitynews.com
Meiyan Yip and Sue Johnson have baked a special batch of cookies to mark the 50th anniversary of their annual pre-Christmas cookie party. For more on the lifelong friends’ yearly Yuletide tradition — which started in Whitehorse and moved with them to the Tri-Cities — see article on page 19. MARIO BARTEL/THE TRI-CITY NEWS
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While B.C. teachers are looking for wage parity with teachers in other provinces above a 2% ceiling imposed by the provincial government, a pay structure introduced last year by the BC Public Schools Employers’ Association (BCPSEA) resulted in top officials in School District 43 receiving pay increases of between 8% and 15%. SD43’s top staffer, superintendent Patricia Gartland, alone received a pay increase of 10% for a total of $249,949
for the 2018/’19 school year. But her salary hike wasn’t the highest as secretary treasurer Chris Nicolls, who is now also the district’s chief financial officer, received a 15% increase in pay, to $200,543, according to the latest Statement of Financial Information (SOFI). The salary hikes are in line with a compensation structure put in place in 2018 after a six-year wage freeze, The TriCity News was told. “The new structure allowed flexibility for all school districts to place exempt employees on to the BCPSEA provided compensation grid based on time in position and acceptable job performance, and subject to their further approval,” Nicolls stated in an email.
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