N. Van in class-size crunch: School board officials blame miscalculation by education ministry Final Edition

Board chairman Doug MacKay-Dunn and superintendent Robin Bryne say the ministry miscalculated funds needed to reduce elementary class sizes to the limits agreed to in the new contract with the B.C. Teachers Federation. Because the cost of cutting class size was supposed to be paid by the ministry an...

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Published inProvince (Vancouver, B.C.)
Main Author Frank Luba, Lower Mainland Reporter
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Vancouver, B.C Postmedia Network Inc 24.06.1999
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Summary:Board chairman Doug MacKay-Dunn and superintendent Robin Bryne say the ministry miscalculated funds needed to reduce elementary class sizes to the limits agreed to in the new contract with the B.C. Teachers Federation. Because the cost of cutting class size was supposed to be paid by the ministry and it hasn't been, "we don't have to comply with the contract," said MacKay-Dunn.