The Rainbow District School Board and the Federation representing Professional Student Services Personnel in Sudbury, Espanola, and Manitoulin Island have reached a tentative agreement at the local level.
Rainbow board chair Doreen Dewar commends both sides on achieving the deal adding student services personnel are an integral part of the schools.
The employee group is represented by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation District 3 and includes medical specialists, aboriginal support workers, attendance counselors, and the Administrator of Performing Arts.
The new deal, if ratified, will be retroactive to September 1st, 2019, and expires August 31st, 2022, aligning with the provincial settlements at the central bargaining table.