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The chair of the Halifax school board is remaining tight-lipped about teachers' concerns with their new
contract deal, and what a rejection could mean.
Dave Wright, chair of the Halifax Regional School Board, said he hopes the bargaining units for both the
Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU) and province "have come to an agreement that's acceptable to both."
Since details of the tentative deal came out this week, many Nova Scotia teachers have expressed anger
and fu°ustiratlioru that the contract doesn't properly address classroom conditions like size, and support for
special -needs students.
A ratification vote for the deal is scheduled for Feb. 8, and the NSTU is recommending their members vote
in favour, but it's unclear what would happen if a tentative contract was voted down a third time.
"I'm not a teacher so I honestly don't know where they stand, but my hope is for teachers to get back to
what they want to do," Wright said Wednesday before a regular board meeting.
The NSTU began phasing out work -to -rule on Monday in light of reaching a tentative deal, and although
president Liette Doucet to k.1 IlMetro this eek that "things may not be totally back to normal ever," Wright
said that's not unusual.
"On the back end of any work action, job action, or strike there's often a period where things aren't the
same," Wright said.
"I'm not surprised that that might be case. I hope that students are well served."
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