HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-06-14, Page 21THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2012. PAGE 21.
A wave of declining enrolment
and facility closures are two factors
which have left a larger-than-usual
pool of secondary school teachers in
job limbo this summer. As part of
their collective agreement,
secondary school teachers in the
Avon Maitland District School
Board (AMDSB) are entitled to
prior notice if they will have their
regular assignments reduced,
possibly reduced or taken away all
together, leaving them on the “recall
list”.
AMDSB communications
manager Steve Howe said the board
uses projected student numbers for
the upcoming school year to
determine the number of teaching
spots likely needed for September.
The board then gives teachers notice
in the spring regarding what kind of
regular assignment they will return
to after the summer or whether they
will be on the recall list.
At their May 22 meeting, trustees
approved a motion which saw 30secondary school teachers placed onthe recall list effective Sept. 1, 2012.
Another eight teachers were
declared possibly or partially
redundant effective September as
well.
AMDSB superintendent of
education, human resources, Jodie
Baker said the number this year was
higher than usual due to several
factors.
The most high-profile factor was
the shutting down of the Bluewater
Youth Centre in Goderich by the
province in March, followed by the
closure of the Wycliffe Booth House
in Ilderton a few weeks later. Both
facilities used AMDSB secondary
school teachers. Baker added that
fewer retirements and a wave of
declining enrolment now entering
the board’s high schools were
additional factors.
Howe said that the board’s staffing
needs often change over the summer
and into September due to factors
such as additional retirements,
resignations, medical leaves and
additional students showing up inthe first week of school.The change in staffing needsusually means that most or all of the teachers start working again, henoted.
SHIRLEY RUTH COLEMAN
Shirley Ruth Coleman passed
away June 6, 2012 in Wawa,
Algoma. She was 84. Born May 2,
1928 in Atwood, Elma Township,
Perth County, Shirley was
the daughter of the late Elwin
and Vina Ruth (nee Tillman)
Thompson.
Shirley was predeceased by her
loving husband William “Bill”
Coleman. She was raised in Ethel
and attended Listowel High School.
After graduation from Stratford
Normal School, she started her
career in the one-room S.S. #6, Grey
Township, Huron County. With
Bill’s encouragement, she accepted a
job offer at the Mission School,
Michipicoten in 1950 – they felt they
had found heaven on earth.
Shirley loved dogs, hunting and
fishing and the free life they
experienced in Wawa. They lived for
13 years at High Falls on the
Michipicoten. She retired from Sir
James Dunn Public School and is
remembered fondly by generations
of students.
Shirley leaves her brother Ken and
wife Abbie Thompson in Victoria,
British Columbia; six nieces and
nephews, Georgianne (Fred), Shirley
(Jonathan), Stephen (Cynthia),
Andrew (Susan), Gregory (Valerie)
and Elizabeth (Robert); 14
grandnieces and nephews, Amanda,
Sarah, Julia, David, Rachel,
Rebecca, Christopher, Aimee,
Nicholas, Peter, Benjamin, William,
Abigail and Emma and 10 great-
grandnieces and nephews.
She also leaves behind Phyllis
Coleman, Sharon Wilfing, Jack and
Joan Coleman.
Friends may make donations
in her honour to Lady Dunn
Health Centre Foundation, 17
Government Rd., PO Box 179,
Wawa, ON P0S 1K0 or through the
website.
Crowded year for AMDSB ‘teacher limbo’
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