January 20, 2015
Honourable Peter Fassbender
Ministry of Education
PO Box 9045 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC V8W 9E2
Honourable Micheal de Jong
Minister of Finance
PO Box 9048 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC V8W 9E2
Dear Honourable Ministers,
Re: Management and Excluded Staff Compensation Freeze
At its Committee of The Whole meeting January 13th 2015, the Board of Education for School District 10 Arrow Lakes made a motion to write a letter to you expressing our concern regarding the fact that our exempt staff have not received a compensation increase since 2009.
Times are critical for leaders in our small communities in K-12 education! We need to have the best people doing the most important work they do. Our exempt staffs wish is to be compensated fairly; it is our boards wish as well. Morale is low for these hard working individuals in our district and we will struggle to provide succession.
The Board of Education for School District 10 respectfully requests that you withdraw the compensation freeze on our Management and Excluded staff personnel and justly compensate these hard working Employees of our District.
Sincerely,
Pattie Adam, Chair
Board of Education
cc:
BCSTA Boards of Education
SD10, School Trustees
Ms. Terry Taylor, Superintendent/Secretary-Treasurer
Katrine Conroy, MLA Kootenay West
