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Budget cuts not best for students: Kamloops teachers’ association

KAMLOOPS – The Kamloops teachers' union is frustrated with the proposed cuts that would see 17 teachers and three educational assistants lose their jobs heading into the next school year, but if others join them in their frustration they did not officially bring up their concerns with the school district. In a letter submitted to...

District bullying policy to get slight update

KAMLOOPS - Just over a year ago the teachers’ association began a push for an anti-homophobic harassment specific policy and this month the district will instead update the current bullying policy. The Kamloops-Thompson Teachers’ Association brought forward a request for a discrete anti-homophobic harassment policy last spring, with one teacher saying he felt administration had...

Grade 11 student continues push for anti-homophobia policy

AIMS FOR SCHOOL-LEVEL POLICY IN WAKE OF BOARD REFUSAL KAMLOOPS - After months of discussion, the Kamloops-Thompson school board turned down a request to have a dedicated policy dealing with homophobic harassment, but one student is refusing to take no for an answer and is now pushing to get a policy put in place at...

UPDATE: Historic 6-year term, more teachers part of new agreement

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - A tentative deal has been reached between teachers and the province and that means students could be back in school as early as Monday. Kamloops-Thompson Teachers Association President David Komljenovic sits on the bargaining committee for the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. He confirmed following a marathon bargaining session ending early Tuesday morning that Monday...

Teachers upset over missing day of pay

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops teachers are among the minority in the province not getting paid for the day they spent preparing their classrooms for the first day of school. Kamloops Thompson Teachers Association President David Komljenovic says teachers showed good faith by showing up on the Friday before school was set to start, as well as...

Local teachers’ union called out for lack of harassment policy

KAMLOOPS - A lack of policy to deal with harassment and bullying has the local teachers’ union in hot water with WorkSafe B.C. The Kamloops Thompson Teachers’ Association was handed an order in April for not having a policy in place, which came after WorkSafe looked into a complaint about bullying. David Komljenovic says it...

Only some summer programs affected by strike

KAMLOOPS - While school district summer school programs have been cancelled third party summer programs will not be subject to picketing, according to the local teacher’s union president. “There won’t be any third party picketing… where they just rent the facility,” Jason Karpuk says. “They rent, they do the hiring, the board doesn’t provide any...