HALIFAX, N.S. — While they are rarely as serious as the stabbing at Charles P. Allen High in Bedford, violent acts are on the rise in Nova Scotia schools.
And some people predicted this after changes to scheduling enacted by the previous Liberal government. How does unscheduled instructional time and a shortage of teachers fit into the current situation? It’s something the Nova Scotia Teacher’s Union is hoping the current government considerers. Ryan Lutes is the President of NSTU and he shares his thoughts on increasing classroom safety in this conversation.And I wanted to just take a second to recognize a letter to the editor on saltwire.com.
But that's really why we're calling upon government to look at this holistically, system wide and see what can be done and really to take a comprehensive approach. Because teachers are telling me and it's not just this one incident that that's been bringing this to bear. For a number of years now teachers have been expressing that violence in their schools is increasing. And our kids don't deserve that. They deserve better than that. Our staffs deserve better than that.
To teachers, every school and every student in that school is important. And building relationships with those kids is extremely important. And it makes school a safer place when kids have connections with multiple different teachers, even ones that that don't teach them. School staff and the CP Allen staff told me that my school doesn't feel as safe as it was three years ago. And that's a real problem.
Teachers are saying their schools feel different after those cuts. And so that's a problem. And when the cuts were made by the previous government, this government voiced opposition to those cuts. I think, parents and teachers would love to see commitments in this budget to reverse those cuts. And again, bring those supports outside of HRM. Because every school in this province, every kid in the province deserves to have those supports.
One of the other issues that we've been talking about for quite a long time is the teacher shortage. And so, something that we would like to see in this budget some programs to deal with recruitment and retention of teachers. And all of these factors go hand in hand. We want to create a profession that people want to get into. Safe schools are a massive part of creating a profession that that folks want to get into.
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
THINKING OUT LOUD: Addressing school violence in Nova Scotia | SaltWireAn incident at a Halifax area high school sent two staff members to hospital and a 15-year old student in custody. Along with serious criminal charges, ...
Read more »
Transportation Safety Board to report on 2020 scallop vessel sinking off Nova ScotiaThe Transportation Safety Board of Canada says in a report released today that a scallop dragger that sank off Nova Scotia should have been tested for stability, given major changes made to the boat.
Read more »
Fishing boat that sank off Nova Scotia needed stability test: TSBThe Transportation Safety Board of Canada says the scallop dragger that sank off Nova Scotia should have been tested for stability.
Read more »
Annapolis County non-profit and citizen scientists launch campaign to save Nova Scotia old forests | SaltWireBRIDGETOWN, N.S. — The Arlington Forest Protection Society is partnering with Citizen Scientists of the Southwest Nova Biosphere to launch a campaign to ...
Read more »
Head of Nova Scotia’s teachers union calls on government to draft safety strategyUnion leader says Nova Scotia teachers feel unsafe over rising violence in schools following staffing cuts
Read more »
Nova Scotia keeping rent cap until end of 2025, but higher increases to be allowedNova Scotia to ease rent hike caps at end of 2023
Read more »