The provincial government changed its tune of Friday and agreed to protect benefits for substitute teachers. Under the current collective agreement the one day walkout by teachers yesterday would have caused long-term substitute teachers to lose their accrued benefits if service was interrupted and the the government had said it would uphold the clause. On Friday, Education Minister Karen Casey reversed that decision. It’s expected Bill 75 which will impose a new contract on the province’s 9300 teachers will pass the legislature early next week.
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Mi’kmaq Rep to Chair Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board
The Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board has a new Chair: Darren Googoo of Membertou. It’s the first time a Mi’kmaq has been chosen to head a school board in Nova Scotia, according to the Cape Breton Post. The board tried to elect a chair last fall after the elections but it ended up a tie between Lorne Green and John Berk. So it became the responsibility of the provincial government to choose and it picked Googoo. He is a teacher with a masters of education degree. He is chair of the Council on Mi’kmaq Education among other positions and has three children in the school system.