An average high school with 800 students will lose 11 teachers — from 46 to 35 — because of changes introduced by the Ford government, the union representing secondary educators is warning. Harvey Bischof, president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, warns that thousands of teaching jobs will disappear under the province’s plan to increase class sizes. Article Continued BelowAcross all school boards, about 10,000 teaching positions are expected to be eliminated, as classes in Grades 4 to 8 grow by an average of one student, and an average of six in high school. The government will save about $250 million in the first year alone with changes to class sizes. Thompson has promised no teachers will be laid off and all positions eliminated will be through attrition.

Source: thestar March 21, 2019 22:41 UTC