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KPDSB Schools To Be Closed On Wednesday

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The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board is giving notice that all schools within their board will be closed on Wednesday, January 15th.

The closures are due to a one-day, full withdrawal of services as a part of their job action.

All KPDSB schools will be closed as well as adult education sites in Dryden, Kenora and Sioux Lookout and Cooperative Education placements for high school students will also be cancelled for the day.

Childcare spaces and EarlyOn Centres will remain open, but before and after school programming will not be operating.

These closures are specifically for KPDSB and not for the Northwest Catholic District School Board or the Kenora Catholic District School Board.

The KPDSB says schools will reopen on Thursday January 16th and for more details, click the link HERE

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This means the following schools will be closed on Wednesday:

Beaver Brae Secondary School

Crolancia Public School

Dryden High School

Ear Falls Public School

Evergreen Public School

Golden Learning Centre Public School

Ignace Public School

Keewatin Public School

King George VI Public School

Lillian Berg Public School

New Prospect Public School

Open Roads Public School

Red Lake-Madsen Public School

Red Lake District High School

Savant Lake Public School

Sioux Mountain Public School

Sioux North High School

Sioux Narrows Public School

Upsala Public School

Valleyvew Public School

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OECTA The Latest Teachers Union To Announce Job Action

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The Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association is the latest union to announce job action.

Starting next week, OECTA says it will be taking “administrative job action” if they don’t get a new deal.

OECTA was in a legal strike position as of December 21st and joins the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation and the Elementary Teachers Federation as teachers unions engaged in job action against the provincial government.

English Catholic Teachers negotiators will sit down again with the provincial government today and tomorrow.

Teachers in Ontario have been without a contract since the start of the school year back in September.

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KPDSB Announces Potential School Closures For Wednesday

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The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board is warning families of a potential closure of their schools on Wednesday due to job action.

The school board states that the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation announced they will be escalating their job action with a one-day, province-wide full withdrawal of services on Wednesday if a new agreement isn’t reached before then.

The KPDSB says that if an agreement isn’t reached, all schools will be closed on that day across the board.

The school board states that OSSTF members include not only secondary teachers, but also adult education teachers, elementary and secondary Education Assistants, office, clerical, library and occasional staff.

Families are urged to make alternate arrangements for the school closures, however Childcare Centres at the schools will remain open.

Students are expected to report as usual for classes in the Northwest Catholic District School Board.

In Red Lake, St. John’s Catholic School and the l’école catholique Étoiles-du-Nord school will remain open.

L’école catholique de l’Enfant-Jésus in Dryden will also remain open.

School buses for those students are scheduled to operate on their normal routes tomorrow.

Updates from the KPDSB can be found by clicking HERE

Schools being closed include:

Beaver Brae Secondary School

Crolancia Public School

Dryden High School

Ear Falls Public School

Evergreen Public School

Golden Learning Centre Public School

Ignace Public School

Keewatin Public School

King George VI Public School

Lillian Berg Public School

New Prospect Public School

Open Roads Public School

Red Lake-Madsen Public School

Red Lake District High School

Savant Lake Public School

Sioux Mountain Public School

Sioux North High School

Sioux Narrows Public School

Upsala Public School

Valleyview Public School

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Education Minister Reacts To Job Action

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Ontario’s Education Minister disagrees with the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario assessment that an upcoming work-to-rule campaign won’t impact students.

Stephen Lecce feels the job action will hurt students.

Instructors will be withdrawing from Ministry and school board administrative duties starting on November 26th.

He says the government and the Council of Trustees’s Association have continued to table reasonable and expanded offers through negotiations, with only one interest in mind and that’s landing a deal that keeps kids in class.

Lecce says some of the responsibilities teachers won’t do specifically target several initiatives designed to improve students’ confidence and knowledge in math.

He adds that’s the one subject students continue to struggle with.

Lecce stresses his negotiating team stands ready for meaningful and good faith bargaining 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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KPDSB Schools WILL Be Open On Monday Amid Job Action Talks

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The Keewatin-Patricia District School Board is confirming that all of their schools will be open to students and staff on Monday October 7th.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees announced they would escalate job action to a full withdraw if a provincial settlement can’t be reached by Monday.

Families should be aware however that if the strike action commences, school closures could be announced later in the week.

The KPDSB also advises families that they may want to make alternate arrangements for their children in case strike action does happen.

Updates to the situation and what the school board is doing can be found by visiting their website by CLICKING HERE

The school board also says that student and staff safety remain a top priority and they will continue to monitor the situation and its impact.

 

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Provincial Educational Workers Take Job Action

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Some 55,000 education workers across the province are set to embark on a work-to-rule campaign today (Monday) after contract talks with the province broke down over the weekend.

The workers taking job action include clerical staff, custodians, educational assistants and early childhood educators.

They won’t be working overtime or performing extra duties.

Education Minister Stephen Lecce says he’s deeply disappointed the Canadian Union of Public Employees decided to end talks over the weekend, noting there are a limited number of outstanding items on the table.

He adds the Crown and employers tabled a reasonable deal and even expanded their offer.

Lecce says they have offered proposals to address compensation, job security and funding for additional staffing.

He adds a key issue that remains is resolving absenteeism rates, and the impact that has on students and schools.

Lecce says the government remains fully committed to resuming discussions to reach a quick agreement.

He adds through their mediator, he has asked for additional bargaining dates to bring everyone back to the table.

Lecce says student safety will be a priority during the workers work-to-rule campaign.

The Union blames the Ministry of Education and Ontario’s school board trustees of maintaining the wrong priorities throughout the talks.

Meantime, elementary teachers will begin strike votes to support their contract demands.

The union representing high school teachers begins bargaining on a central deal.