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THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014
VOL. 9 • ISSUE 23
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Parents and students
Their voices are loud and clear
BY IDA KORIC Rossland News
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As the labour dispute between the BC Teacher’s Federation and Christy Clark’s FRIDAY’s Education Ministry marches on, parents Proudly Serving Certified and students are batOrganic CHERRY HILL Coffee tling to have their voices heard. On Monday, teachers in School District 20 were back SOLD on the streets for a second week of rotating strike action, and concerned parent, Shanna Tanabe, sought to coordinate 2032 3rd ave a “Rally for EducaThinking of tion” alongside the buying or picket lines. Selling ? The purpose of the rally was two-fold for MARIE-CLAUDE Tanabe who wanted 250-512-1153 Your Rossland to show teachers that agent since community parents 1992! supported their goal of a “fair deal”, and 1st Trail Real Estate that British Columbians are growing Your Horoscope For the Week by the with frustrated Michael O’Connor inside Horoscope the West Kootenay Advertiser congovernment’s For the Week tinual disregard for with Michael O’Connor education. inside the West Kootenay Advertiser
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CUPE workers, parents and students standing alongside teachers on the picket line.
“We are sick and tired of the chronic underfunding,” Tanabe states, “Here in Rossland it really hits close to home because we have seen the result of cuts first hand.” Rossland has suffered two school clo-
sures in recent years, both due to School Board attempts to balance perpetually shrinking budgets. Attendance at the Rossland event wasn’t what Tanabe had hoped, but she understood many people had to work. She
was optimistic about the turn-out at Webster and Glenmerry schools, which had yet to be confirmed. Based on feedback she had received in person, and on her Facebook page, Tanabe is confident that most parents
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feel the same way she does. “Opinions on the actual labour dispute seem to be mixed, but everyone agrees that the government needs to start making education a priority.” Last week, students from a Vancouver
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high school started a social media campaign in the hopes of organizing a walk-out for Wednesday, June 4. The trend spread to many districts throughout the province, with last tally at 11,000 students committing to attend.