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Wednesday, August 28, 2013 100 Mile Free Press
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SD #27 superintendent Mark Thiessen supplies South End update
Max Brager of 100 Mile House’s Kingsgate Excavating was hard at work with a jackhammer on Aug. 21, as part of the civic work preparing for utilities installations at the new automotive shop under construction at Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School.
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An electrical transformer/switch upgrade is nearing completion at Horse Lake Elementary School, Thiessen says, adding full power was restored to the school in early August. The major gymnasium expansion and new auto shop project at PSO began this month with demolition and site work by SD27 contractor BPR Construction Ltd. of Kelowna, he explains. Thiessen says SD27 has moved in three portable classrooms to temporarily accommodate school programs while construction is in progress. “In addition, we are partitioning the existing gymnasium, front offices and washrooms at 100 Mile Junior to accommodate the PSO physical education program for this coming school year, until the PSO gym expansion is completed.” He adds some other minor school projects have also been undertaken in the South End, including several new floors and paint upgrades.
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School District #27 (SD27) superintendent Mark Thiessen says he is pleased with the outcome of a recent memorandum of agreement, which dealt with the relocation of teachers displaced by school closures. It was signed by the Cariboo-Chilcotin Teachers’ Association, the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation, the B.C. Public School Employer’s Association and SD27. “The memorandum of agreement expedited the staffing process, resulting in the placement of teachers in a timely manner,” he explains. In the school district’s South End, Thiessen notes that all full-time teachers who sought them found full-time jobs. Other than retiring teachers, Thiessen says all of them continue to hold permanent positions, with some increasing their full-time equivalency (FTE). Teachers at 100 Mile House Junior Secondary either maintained or improved their FTE with transitions to Peter Skene Ogden Secondary (PSO), he adds, while the teachers at Buffalo Creek Elementary School also maintained or improved their FTE position by moving over to various schools. There are 15 teachers continuing to hold positions between these two closing schools, Thiessen notes.
“Some teachers who held temporary positions were successful in securing [permanent] positions.” The agreement assured all teachers in the district had access to any posted position they qualified for in experience and seniority, he explains. Meanwhile, Thiessen says moving the teachers and their supplies to other schools is ongoing. Now, the moving crews are in the process of centralizing all school district assets from the South End into the closed 100 Mile House Junior Secondary site, he explains. “These crews and their supervisors have done a tremendous job in making the transitions go smoothly and efficiently, so teachers and support staff will be ready for school in September.” While the South End transitions teachers to new schools, the superintendent notes SD27 also has two large capital projects underway in the 100 Mile House area.
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