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Stein Day: \u201cMore difficult choices coming\u201d<\/i><\/b>

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\nBy Robert Frank<\/b><\/p>\n

\nwww.newscoverage.org<\/a><\/p>\n

It was standing room only at Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB) headquarters, April 28, where some 75 kindergarten teachers and their supporters packed the council chamber, while others who couldn\u2019t get in stood in the hallway just outside.<\/p>\n

The teachers told elected school commissioners that they were dismayed that LBPSB has decided to reduce teaching time for tots by a total of 18 minutes a day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe board-wide cuts to kindergarten teachers hours will reduce specialist teachers,\u201d said Greendale kindergarten teacher Pina Fulginiti, where music instruction for the youngsters might be affected by the cutback.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cKindergarten is a crucial time,\u201d she told LBPSB chair Suanne Stein Day. \u201cIt will affect our art, music, drama and physical education specialists.\u201d<\/p>\n

A sympathetic Stein Day explained that the province only provided funds for the extra 18 minutes per day for grades 1-6, and that LBPSB had hitherto paid for kindergarten students to do likewise out of its budget surplus.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can no longer use our budget surplus,\u201d she said, in the wake of drastic budget cutbacks, since the province no longer allows school boards to run a surplus. She said that that left LBPSB with no choice but to cut the 18 kindergarten minutes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a decision that we wanted or liked to make,\u201d Stein Day said. \u201cHopefully people in Quebec City will get this message as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore difficult choices are coming,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government has announced cuts to education of over $350 million,\u201d Stein Day warned. \u201cThere is some talk that $131 million of this will be reduced by eliminating salary increases for teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOn one hand, we\u2019re happy that maybe our potential cuts will go down, but do we want to do that on the back of our teachers? Our front-line people? Our keys to success?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe [school boards\u2019] meeting with the Education Minister didn\u2019t go all that smoothly,\u201d Stein Day said. \u201cThe Minister appeared to listen to [Quebec English School Boards Association (QESBA) President] David D\u2019Aoust, then really just blew him off. So it was a bit of a disappointment.\u201d<\/p>\n

In response to a question from Commissioner Josh Arless, Stein Day said that LBPSB pays QEBSA about $8 per student to meet with government officials on school board matters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are also a lobby organization for us and provide professional development for us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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\nLBPSB chair Suanne Stein Day announced Monday that director general Robert Mills will retire after a more than 42-year education career.<\/b><\/div>\n
\n(Photo \u00a9 Robert Frank)<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n

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