Vancouver Board to Lay Off Dozens of Staff, Close School, Drop 10 Days
April 14, 2010The Vancouver School Board says it’s getting ready to lay off dozens of staff, close at least one school, and shorten the school year by 10 days, citing an $18.1-million deficit it blames on the provincial government. Provincial funding for schools has failed to keep pace with rising labor costs and mandated energy -efficiency retrofits for buildings. Read the full story in The Globe and Mail.