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Friday, August 22, 2014
Vol. 7 • Issue 16
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Pajama party at skating rink Makayla Pickering, 9, brought her heart-spotted flannel pants to the Nelson & District Community Complex for a pajama-themed skating camp on Thursday morning. Pickering and Hannah McClure, 9, practiced their moves with coach Yoshie Measures (not pictured). Will Johnson photo
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Pickets were up near the Prestige Lakeside Inn on Wednesday. Nelson District Teachers Association (NDTA) president Paul Boscariol and teachers rallied outside the hotel as the Kootenay Lake school district’s leadership meeting took place inside. More than 20 teachers and supporters were there for what Boscariol called “an information picket.” Teachers are still on strike and without a contract. “Everyone here is in support of a solidly supported public education system,” said Boscariol. Inside the Prestige, 50 people attended the leadership meeting. Missing were representatives from the Kootenay Lake Teachers’ Association (KLTA), which includes NDTA and Creston Valley Teachers’ Association and members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). This is the fifth year for the annual leadership event and Kootenay Lake school district superintendent Jeff Jones said the date for the opening celebration was set last year. “We feel it’s a real shame that the KLTA and CUPE couldn’t be there.” Job action by the teachers aside, Jones said they need to position their leadership staff to be ready for the school year. “With spring job action, we haven’t been able to bring them together since May, certainly since the beginning of the full strike [which began June 17].” In attendance was the senior leadership team, which includes the superintendent, directors, secretary and treasurer; business and operations staff, Kootenay Lake district parents advisory committee (DPAC) and school principals and vice principals. Boscariol told the Star that teachers were invited by the BCPSEA to enter classrooms voluntarily to prepare for the new school year in spite of the partial lock out. “If we’re locked out, we’re not going [to the schools] to volunteer; we’re not covered by WorkSafe BC.” Boscariol also spoke to the matter which is before the BC Court of Appeal. The BC Government appealed the BC Supreme Court’s January Continued on Page 3
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