ES 18 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, February 8, 2000 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Durham board bracing for teacher shortage: official From page 1 Ms Paige said teachers are reacting to the "poor labour relations" between the board and its high school teachers since teachers were ordered back to work by an arbitration agreement after a bitter strike over a year ago. The arbitration forced teachers to spend more time in the classroom, and resulted in the sus- pension of teacher partic- ipation in extracurricular activities in all but a few cases. "The over riding feel- ing is, that they feel there will be more job satisfac- tion in working at another board," said Ms Paige. "There is certainly an ongoing unrest over labour relations with this board and that is being factored into many teach- ers' decisions to leave this board, and in some cases leaving teaching altogether." Scugog trustee Bobbie Drew said she is unaware of any exodus of sec- ondary teachers from the region. "If they (teachers) are it is not crossing our (trustees') desks... and it would have to," said Mrs. Drew. "We are, however, planning for a shortage of teachers due to low grad- uating levels. We contin- ue, in my mind, to attract good teachers to Durham schools all the time." Mr. Burch expects around 20 teachers will leave the board's employ before year's end. He said many are expressing a desire to return to their original home areas where jobs were not available when they began their teaching careers. What is of concern is a paucity of new teachers to fill vacant positions, he said. "We are not experienc- ing more of a mid-year teacher replacement now than we did two years ago," Mr. Burch said. "What concerns me more is the lack of new teachers being graduated over the next few years." (® Ontario An invitation to comment on the environmental assessment for the proposed provision of long term waste disposal capacity THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ACT SECTION 7.1 NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF MINISTRY REVIEW An environmental assessment (EA) has been submitted to the Ministry of the Environment by the Corporation of The County of Victoria for the Provision of Long Term Waste Disposal Capacity. The undertaking being considered is a landfill site situated on Part Lots 25, 26, & 27, Concession 6, in the Township of Ops. The lands are approxi- mately 1 kilometre north of the Town of Lindsay. By Public Notices of Submission, the latest one dated March 17, 1999, the public were invited to comment on the Environmental Assessment. Submissions received are appended to the Review. You can submit comments on the undertaking, the environmental assessment, and the Ministry review You may also request a hearing by the Environmental Assessment Board. If you request a hearing you must state in your submission, whether you are requesting a hearing on the whole application or on only specified matters related to the application YY SCUCOC LINDSAY o WATER POLLU NON CONTRO I PLANT - 2 \ Vy PROPOSED ; "Zz EXPANSION LIMITS SITE LOCATION FXISTING \ + LINDSAY-0OPS for the County of Victoria. HOW TO GET THE INFORMATION YOU NEED You can inspect the EA and the Ministry review during normal business hours at the following locations: Ministry of the Environment Environmental Assessment & Approvals Branch 2 St. Clair Avenue West, Floor 12a Toronto, Ontario M4V 115 Voice: (416) 314-8001 Fax: (416) 314-7271 County of Victoria Administration Building 26 Francis Street Lindsay, Ontario K9V 5R9 Voice: (705) 324-9450 Fax: (705) 324-1750 Town of Lindsay Town Hall 180 Kent Street west Lindsay, Ontario K9V 2Yé Voice: (705) 324-6171 Fax: {705) 324-2051 Township of Ops Municipal Office Box 337,RR. 5 Lindsay, Ontario K9V 453 Voice: (705) 324-5132 Fax: (705) 328-2086 Town of Lindsay Public Library 190 Kent Street West lindsay, Ontario K9V 2Yé6 Voice: (705) 324-2051 Fax: (705) 324-7140 Peterborough District Office Ministry of the Environment Robinson Place, 2nd Floor 300 Water St., South Tower Peterborough, ON K9J 8M5 Voice: (705) 755-4300 Fax: (705) 755-4321 Please ensure your written comments are received by: March 10, 2000. Send written comments to: Mr. Michael J. Williams Director Environmental Assessment & Approvals Branch Ministry of the Environment 2 St. Clair Avenue West, Floor 12A Toronto, Ontario M4V 115 Fax (416) 314-7271 BE SURE TO EXPRESS YOUR VIEWS If you make a submission or request a hearing before the above date, you will be notified of any decisions about this environmental assessment. Otherwise, the undertaking may proceed without further notice to you. IF no submissions or requests for a hearing are received, the undertaking may be approved with no further public notice. This will allow the undertaking to proceed. Director Environmental Assessment & Approvals Branch Ministry of Environment Under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Environmental Assessment Act, unless otherwise stated in the submission, any personal information such as name, address, telephone number and property location included in all submissions become part of the public record files for this matter and can be released, if requested, to any person. In order to prepare for the expected teacher shortage over the next few years, Mr. Burch and his staff have begun recruitment programs to | lure new teachers to the | area. | "We are right now in | the midst of a swing through the east coast areas of Canada, speaking to prospective teaching candidates, and we have begun to discuss the idea of recruiting teachers from as far afield as the United Kingdom," said | Mr. Burch. "There has always | been a shortage of teach- | ers in the specialty areas | such as languages and | sciences, but we expect we will face a shortage in all areas that will be reflected by a lack of qualified teaching staff across the province." But Ms Paige maintains that teachers will soon leave Durham for areas like Toronto. "As it stands now, we have teachers leaving to take part-time positions in Toronto that are expected to turn into full- time jobs shortly," she said. "Coupled with the fact that we have lost many senior staff to early retire- ment packages, we have what will be a crisis if the board does not address some of the fundamental problems with secondary teachers." Ms Paige explained that under the current labour agreement teach- ers can leave to take part- time positions with other boards while only taking a leave of absence from the Durham board. 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