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school district is short
$1.7 million to meet
reduced class-size
requirements.

The funds are needed to
correct 2 budgeting niiscaleu
lation by othe Ministry of

Education and may not be
forthcoming to the Nerth
Vancouver school district this
fall.
The school district finds
itself caught ina bind created
collective bargaming
cement involving the
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An additional $1.7m needed

ume teachers. The three vear
deal aims to have a maximum
of 20 students in Kindergarten
and 22 students in Grades |
to 3 classes in all B.C. public
schagls by 20007200 EF.

The ministry and school
district. differed over ex
how many teachers were
needed to lower class sizes.
The district contended an
extra, 30.11 full-time equiva-
fents are needed by this fall,
whereas the | government
maintains 8.5 new teachers at
a cost of SS1O,000 are ade-
quate,

The minisiry admitted that
it cered in its calculations but
is reluctant to come up with
the extra $1.7 milion to hire
the tull 30 teachers the district
says are required to further
reduce sizes for the

chool year.

y education ministry in
its studies also miscalculated
for three other school districts
—- Coquitlam, Chilliwack and
Victoria,

Currently Grades I to 3
have 28 students per class
(without spec sial needs stu-
dents) and 25 (with special

reds). The 1999/2000 acad-
emic year is supposed to lower
that 28 to 25 students per
class. Without the $1.7 mil-
lion in funding the district
can’t reduce class sizes and
meet the terms of the collec-
tive bargaining agreement ini-
tiated by the BCTF

“This school district. will
not reach the maximum
school s size because of
lack of funding,” said district
Supt. Robin Brayne on
‘Tuesday.

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