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OPINIONS NEWS Board scolds province newsroom@eap.on.ca B ROC KV I LL E | C iti ng “ gra v e co n c erns ” ov er t he lo ss of au to n om y , t he U pp er Can - a d a Di s t r ict Sc h ool Bo ar d has bl as t e d t he On t ar io g ov ern m en t fo r t he shr i n ki ng r ol e of t rus t ees i n p u blic e d u c a tio n . S ays Cha i r G reg Pi e t ers m a : “ I t’ s tim e to as k t he q ues tio n , ‘W h o i s i n c harge of t he s c h ool h o use ?’ C itiz ens of On t ar io nee d to d e b a t e w he t her s c h ool s will co n ti nue to b e run loc a ll y o r f r om To r o n to.” T he bo ar d vot e d unan imo us l y l as t w ee k to di re ct t he c ha i r to sen d a l e tt er to t he p re mi er as ki ng h im to co n d u ct a d e b a t e o n w h o i s i n c harge of t he s c h ool h o use , an d mo re s p e cific a ll y , t he r ol e of t he mod ern t rus t ee , s c h ool bo ar d s , f e d era tio ns , an d t he Mi n i s t ry of E d u c a tio n . Ong oi ng co ns olid a tio n an d c en t ra liz a tio n of pow er ov er p u blic s c h ool s an d s c h ool bo ar d s b y t he p r ovi n ci a l g ov ern m en t has er od e d t he au t h o r it y of loc a l re p resen t a - tiv es , argues t he UC DSB w h ic h a dmi n i s t ers Eng li sh -l anguage p u blic s c h ool s i n eas t ern On t ar io. W h o i s rea ll y i n c harge of o ur s c h ool s ? T rus t ees ha v e agree d to sen d l e tt ers to P re mi er D a lto n McG u i n t y an d t he On t ar io P u blic Sc h ool Bo ar d Ass oci a tio n to o u tli ne co n c erns wit h di re ctio ns i n g ov ern m en t polic y . Si n c e 2003, t here has b een a co ns id era bl e co ns olid a tio n of pow er i n t he area of fi nan - ci a l m anage m en t, l a bo ur re l a tio ns , an d l eg - i s l a tio n , says t he UC DSB. “T h i s has ha pp ene d wit h littl e o r n o p u b- lic d e b a t e o r any ra tio na l o n h ow t h i s will imp r ov e s t u d en t a c h i e v e m en t,” sa id Pi e t- ers m a . S e co n d Vic e - Cha i r D a vid McDo na ld sa id t ha t t he l as t re vi e w – resu lti ng i n Bill 177 – foc use d too narr owl y o n t he r ol e of t he t rus t ee . In t he l e tt er , t he bo ar d will as k t he On t ar - io P u blic Sc h ool Bo ar d Ass oci a tio n ( O PSB A ), w h ic h re p resen t s s c h ool bo ar d s p r ovi n ci a l- l y , to co ns id er co n v en i ng an e m ergen c y m ee ti ng of t he Bo ar d of Di re cto rs of O PS- B A to di s c uss t he implic a tio ns of t he On - t ar io Eng li sh Ca t h olic T ea c hers Ass oci a tio n agree m en t u po n p u blicl y f un d e d s c h ool bo ar d s . “T he UC DSB has gra v e co n c erns t ha t t r i- l a t era l neg oti a tio ns – t he w ay b us i ness has b een do ne i n On t ar io ov er t he l as t se v era l years – i s b rea ki ng dow n . T he Bo ar d w an t s to ensure t ha t t he t rus t ees ’ ass oci a tio ns an d m anage m en t are e q ua l p ar t ners i n any d ea l t ha t i s fo r m u l a t e d a t a p r ovi n ci a l di s c uss io n t a bl e .” T he Eng li sh Ca t h olic T ea c hers Ass oci a tio n i s t he fi rs t t ea c hers ’ un io n to co nsen t to a p ay f ree z e agree m en t, w h ic h t he p r ovi n c e argues it m us t ge t wit h o ne millio n p u blic se cto r e mplo yees i n o r d er to erase t he $15 billio n d e ficit. T he g ov ern m en t, w h ic h says t he p a ct a mo un t s to a 1.5 p er c en t p ay c u t, w an t s to neg oti a t e s imil ar agree m en t s wit h t he ot her t ea c hers ’ un io ns .
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