Al 4 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, October 24, 2001 Teachers say freeze amounts to a cut THE B.C. LIBERAL’S three-year spend- ing freeze on education amounts to a budget cut in a district where there’s nothing left to trim, warns the Terrace and District Teachers’ Union. President Frank Rowe said combined with rising operating costs and declining enrolments, the freeze will force the Coast Mountains School District to make more cutbacks. “This district has undergone at least two efficiency exercises in the last two years,” Rowe said, “I believe there is nothing left to trim in this district.” Rowe warned school trustees here freeze threatens fine arts programs in the district, will result.in larger class sizes here, and jeopardizes special needs stu- dent class space. “We simply cannot get by with less money in the district.” Rowe urged trustees to take a public stand against the freeze because the Lib- erals are underfunding the education sys- tem. Finance minister Gary Collins last week unveiled plans to freeze health and education spending for three years — and slash the rest of government by average of 35 per cent over the same timeframe. Collins said the cuts are necessary to balance the provincial budget. Ai the same time, the Coast Moun- tains’ School District learned it’s facing. about a $77,000 budget short- fall due to declining en- w rolment. Acting Dir- ector of In- struction Vic B Dikaitis said g the district is 11 full-time students short of pro- Frank Rowe jections. Dikaitis said 6,865 full time students were enrolled district-wide as of Sept. 30, the date the final tally is submitted to the education ministry. School districts receive nearly $7,000 per student, he added, The district. had planned ta sce 100 fewer students return to school. this year. Terrace is down by about 20 students, he said, adding the decline is evident this fall everywhere but in Hazelton. Teachers poised to strike TEACHERS’ union repre- sentatives in B.C. met in Vancouver Monday to plan their next step, now that members have voted over- whelmingly in favour of a strike, The B.C. Teachers* Fe- deration announced 91.4 per cent of members who voted two weeks ago sup- port a strike, Locally, there was about a 79 per cent voter turnoul, Terrace and Dis- trict Teachers’ Union pre- sident Frank Rowe said. Local results are not available because the bal- lots in the province-wide vote are counted at BCTF headquarters in Vancouver. Bargaining was expec- ted to resume yesterday, Rowe said. *Our hope of course is that 91,4 per cent is going to effect a change in the employers position at the table,” Rowe said. Tf it doesnt, teachers are now in position to move into the first phase of a job action. The government has al- ready asked the labour re- lations board to determine how new essential services legislation will affect any job action teachers take. 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