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Avon board to eliminate up to 10 teaching positions
for the signal -star
For 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 of intricately -
worded motions designed to allow the
board to fulfill its contractual obligations
while eliminating an estimated 10 full-
time teaching positions.
Phrases in the motions included de-
clared redundant, placed in the possibly
redundant pool, and placed on the recall
list. But, according to education director
Chuck Reid, it all boils down to a declin-
ing need for teachers due to over-all de-
clining enrolment.
"Normally, what has happened is that
our retirements or our maternity leaves
or our general leaves have balanced the
reduced need for teachers due to declin-
ing enrolment," Reid
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Dave Overboe director of social services for Huron County, Warden Ken Oke, MPP Carol Mitchell, Ron
Heimrich board of directors'chair, administrator Martha Craig and Bluewater Mayor Bill Dowson were in
Zurich May 29, where Mitchell announced $64,000 to the Bluewater Rest Home.
Social housing gets government boost
Social housing units in Huron
will benefit from a $278,900 pro-
vincial funding injection, Huron -
Bruce MPP Carol Mitchell an-
nounced Friday.
The figure is part of a $640,900
investment for the riding that is
aimed at helping repair and reha-
bilitate social housing projects in
Huron and Bruce counties that will
enhance quality of life and provide
opportunities for local families.
"Huron County families have the
right to live in homes that are safe,
affordable and in good condition.
This funding is •a significant step
in addressing the need for housing
repairs to our community's social
housing stock." said Mitchell.
The province is investing
$640,900 in the riding with Bruce
County receiving $362,000 and
Huron County receiving $278,900
to go towards energy-efficient ap-
pliances and repairs to drainage,
windows and solar panel design.
This funding will go towards 156
existing social housing units in
• five projects in Bruce County and
440 existing social housing
units in 19 projects in Huron
County. The funding is part
of a $100 million investment
the province provided to 47
Municipal Service Manag-
ers across Ontario to repair
social housing units.
Investing in social hous-
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explained. "But this
year, we've reached
a stage where a num-
ber of our teachers
aren't ready for re-
tirement . . . We've
reached that cross-
roads."
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 rehire
those teachers the following September –
once funding, staffing and enrolments are
finalized. And Reid said, "our hope is that
we'll be able to call all (the released teach-
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