April 24, 2019 – It was necessary for The Near North District School Board to provide notification of potential redundancies to our Teacher Union partners on April 15, 2019 in accordance with the terms, conditions and inherent timelines of our collective agreements and established communication protocols.
In the absence of GSN (Grants for Student Needs) announcements, the accompanying technical paper, various memos that confirm funding for the upcoming 2019/2020 from the Ministry of Education and in order to meet collective agreement timelines, this notice of redundancy was estimated based on planning assumptions and factual information and data on hand at time of declaration. Given the early date of needing to provide notification, the Attrition Protection funding to be provided in the GSN by the Ministry of Education is to protect staff impacted by proposed changes to class sizes has not yet been factored into the estimated declaration of redundancy.
It is anticipated that confirmation of funding for the 2019/2020 school year is to be released from the Ministry of Education, by the end of the month. This funding information and documentation is central to the work of Senior Administration, when determining precise budget and staffing implications for the year ahead. Once this information is available, the required analysis will be completed.
We are hopeful that once the Ministry of Education releases the information and documentation necessary for our next steps, these numbers of redundancy will be modified.
The Board remains committed to high quality programming opportunities for the students of the Near North District School Board District.
For more information, please contact:
Mairghread Knought
Information/Communications Officer
Near North District School Board
Tel: 705-472-8170 ext. 5010
Email: Mairghread.Knought@nearnorthschools.ca
