On Wednesday, Algoma elementary teachers won’t take part in voluntary extracurricular activities to protest contract talks with the province. The decision has the Algoma District School Board scrambling to see if it can save the activities. The board says it’s possible that parents or community members can run the programs if they’re after school. Kelly Holley, the union president who represents the Algoma teachers, says they have no choice but to withdraw services because negotiations are going nowhere. Holley says teachers will do what’s needed to ensure a fair contract.
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Extracurricular activities in limbo for Algoma elementary students
Rocco Frangione
I've been a broadcast journalist for three-plus decades in Northern Ontario. I'm a graduate of Algonquin College's radio and television arts program and prior to that, an honours grad from Carleton University's philosophy program.
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