A20 THURSDAY, March 15, 2012
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“We truly had a very strong field. It makes it out to be a very tough decision.” Trawin said he’s going to take the transition one step at a time. “I’ve got to step back and look at things a little bit,” he said. “I’d like to try to make changes where changes need to be made.” Three early priorities Trawin mentioned
after the announcement were engagement, fiscal initiatives and public accountability. “You want to keep getting more and more efficient as you can,” he said. Trawin has been with the City of Kamloops for nearly nine years. Prior to that, his only other public-sector experience was as an administrator with the City of Terrace. While in the private
RANDY DIEHL: Current city CAO will step down on May 1.
sector, Trawin worked as an office manager for an engineering firm
in the Okanagan. Before that, he was employed with a land-development company in Florida. Milobar said Trawin has agreed to a “reduced salary” of $200,000 for the first six months of his tenure as CAO, after which time a performance review will take place. Assuming everything goes well, Trawin’s pay will then be bumped up to the level 1 CAO rate of $220,000.
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FUNDING FOR STUDENTS, NOT FOR WAGE HIKES. The BCTF is demanding a 15 per cent wage hike and other benefits that would cost $2 billion and raise taxes for BC families. Virtually all other public sector unions have settled for no wage increases. It’s unacceptable that schools are disrupted and that students and their families are inconvenienced over an unreasonable salary demand in difficult economic times. The union is making claims and demands that simply don’t add up.
BCTF CLAIMS AND DEMANDS
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The union wants more paid time outside the classroom – sick leave for teachers on call, expanded bereavement and discretionary leave.
The government wants more time for teacher training and to ensure that Pro-D days really are for professional development.
The union says all teaching positions should be selected on the basis of seniority.
The government supports seniority but qualifications must also count so that math teachers teach math, and science teachers teach science.
The union says that teachers who perform poorly in evaluations will be dismissed – ‘one strike and you’re out’.
The government wants to support teacher improvement through a standardized evaluation process.
The union says that government refuses to negotiate.
There has been over a year of negotiations and 78 full bargaining sessions.
The union says that class size limits have been eliminated.
Class size limits will remain in place on all grades across BC.
The union says that BC has 700 fewer special needs teachers.
2100 new teaching assistants have been hired since 2001. And, with a new $165 million Learning Improvement Fund, we will hire more.
It’s time to focus on what matters most in education – BC’s students. That’s why we are focused on per-student funding which is at an all time high, not on wage increases. We all want to do more to make BC’s education system even better. It’s the driving force behind BC’s Education Plan that teachers, parents and students are helping to shape. Teachers care about their students. Parents care about their children’s future.
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