Leaders for the Ontario?s high-school teachers will vote Friday afternoon on a motion to return sports teams and clubs to schools.
Sources told the Globe and Mail that although the Liberal government has not made any concrete overtures, the Ontario Secondary School Teachers? Federation executive want educators to trust that talks are moving in a positive direction and return to extracurriculars. The motion will be voted on this afternoon.
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Insiders say that government discussions with leaders representing high-school teachers have moved at a quicker pace than with their elementary school counterparts. The OSSTF and their colleagues at the elementary level have been meeting with government officials for several weeks.
Public school teachers have withdrawn extracurricular activities to show their frustration at the provincial government for legislating the terms of their contracts.
School boards have been worrying for months about the loss of students to the Catholic and private systems because of the cancellation of extracurriculars. With early enrolment projections suggesting numbers could be down, and budget discussions introducing the prospect of teacher layoffs, those fears are spreading to union leaders.
New Liberal Premier Kathleen Wynne, and Education Minister, Liz Sandals, have indicated plans to revamp the negotiations process, which has involved an informal agreement for all parties to meet at the provincial discussion table over the last decade. Teachers and school boards have lamented that the process doesn't leave enough room for local-level negotiations, and the imposition of contract terms through legislation earlier this year has left a bitter taste in the mouths of many teachers.
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