The Citizen, 2009-06-04, Page 16For the first time in many years,the number of teacher retirements
and leaves of absence will not be
adequate for the Avon Maitland
District School Board to avoid
teacher job losses in 2009-10.
At a regular meeting Tuesday,May 26, trustees approved a series ofintricately-worded motions designedto allow the board to fulfill itscontractual obligations while
eliminating an estimated 10 full-
time teaching positions.
Phrases in the motions included
“declared redundant”, “placed in the
possibly redundant pool”, and“placed on the recall list.”But, according to educationdirector Chuck Reid, it all boilsdown to a declining need for
teachers due to over-all declining
enrolment.
“Normally, what has happened is
that our retirements or our maternity
leaves or our general leaves havebalanced the reduced need forteachers due to decliningenrolment,” Reid explained. “Butthis year, we’ve reached a stage
where a number of our teachers
aren’t ready for retirement . . . We’ve
reached that crossroads.”
Currently, the board employs 485
secondary school teachers and 589
elementary teachers.
Within the past decade, there have
been limited declarations of
redundancy at the conclusion of
some Avon Maitland school years,
but the tendency has been to rehirethose teachers the followingSeptember – once funding, staffingand enrolments are finalized. And Reid said, “our hope is that
we’ll be able to call all (the released
teachers) back over time.”
But this year, that’s very unlikely
to happen within just a few months.
“I think we’re going to be looking
at this for at least the next couple of
years,” the education director
stressed. “If we’re going to be
realistic, I don’t think (this year) is
an anomaly.”
PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2009.AMDSB to eliminate 10 full-time positions
A year ends
The year for the Brussels Cadets Corps ended with the annual inspection. Members are: back
row, from left: Cpl. Phillup Zukowski, Mcpl. Dillon Barker, Pte. Cody Bechely, Pte. Curtis
Terpstra, Pte. Jacob Miller, Pte. Emily Priestap, Pte. Cody Priestap, Cpl Terran DeLauria. Third
row: Pte. Ashlie French, Mcpl. Hannah Pederson, Sgt. Josh Struthers, Sgt. Ashley Muse,
MWO Brian Burgess, Sgt. Emily Kerkhof, Mcpl. Devin Simpson, Pte. Darby Oster. Second
row: Cpl. Dalton Hamilton, Cdt. McKinley Mitchell, Cdt. Tyler Bonner, Pte. Samantha
Wiszniowski, Pte. Shelby Himsechberger, Cdt. Courtney Bragan, Pte. Zak Losch, Cdt. Brend
Ward. Front: Cdt. Jamieson Johnston, Cdt. Brandon Simpson, Cpl. Tiffany Struthers, Pte. Zak
Fougere, Pte. Jonathon Wiszniowski, Cdt. Ken Huisser, Cdt. Quinn Campbell. (Photo submitted)
Morning Star Rebekah Lodge,
Brussels held its meeting on
Tuesday, May 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the
basement of Melville Presbyterian
Church.
Noble Grand Sister Sharon
Freeman welcomed all. Members
were pleased to have Sister Marion
Young and Brother Bill Young
attend. There were 15 members
present.
Vice Grand Sister Joan Bernard
sent a card and flowers to Sister
Marie McTaggart on her 98th
birthday.
There has been e-mail
correspondence between the
secretary of Rebekah Assembly of
Ontario, Sister Pat Smith and Sister
Joan Bernard to answer questions
regarding the surrender of the
charter.
For the last meeting on June 30, a
potluck will be held at 6 p.m. The
evening will be spent reminiscing
with photo albums and minutes of
the meeting from years ago.
The next meeting will be held on
Tuesday, June 9.
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