Sea to Sky

News reports

Pique Newsmagazine: SD 48 teachers fear job loss with budget cuts

June 16, 2010

Gagandeep Ghuman

The final budget estimates for School District 48 are not finalized yet, but teachers fear as many as 14 full-time jobs will disappear.

The president of the Howe Sound Teachers Association, Beth Miller, didn’t mince words as she voiced the anxiety and frustration of the teachers she represents at the school board meeting in Squamish on Wednesday, June 9. Read more

Whistler Question: Teacher librarians’ work valuable, trustees told

May 19, 2010

Penelope Buswell

Budget discussions continued at last week’s Sea to Sky School Board meeting, with Chair Rick Price announcing that “it’s not going to be difficult for us to achieve a balanced budget, but not a happy budget. We are not able to provide all the services we wish for our students.”

After having announced on April 14 that staffing levels and wages would be frozen as a result of belt tightening at the provincial level, Price last Wednesday (May 12) said about future budgets, “The most effective advocate to get more money for public education is through parents at the B.C. Schools Trustees Association.”

After the recent cuts in hours, representatives of the Teacher Librarian Association made a presentation to the board at its meeting at Whistler Secondary School titled “Schools without libraries are at risk of becoming irrelevant.” Read more

Pique Newsmagazine: Teachers Association clossely watching school board budget

May 12, 2010

By Claire Piech

When the Sea to Sky School Board considered approving the annual budget Wednesday, the Teachers’ Association was closely watching.

Leading up to the all day meeting at Whistler Secondary School, the association’s president Beth Miller strongly voiced her concerned about the lack of jobs cuts in the board office at a time when teachers are seeing cuts in the classroom. Read more

Contact local MLA

MLA Joan McIntyre, West Vancouver-Sea to Sky (BC Liberal)