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Originally Posted by GGG
Why aren’t student caps feasible. Let’s do it like an escrow fund. Essentially you increase per student funding to support the required student caps and offer that windfall to teachers if the province and boards fail. It ensures the money is spent because the province is untrustworthy and it incentivizes the province and boards. You also add minimum capital spend requirements to support the new classrooms.
For the province to say it’s not feasible because they failed to build enough classes or schools is rewarding failure.
Especially when the reason we can’t evaluate if class sizes are getting worse is because the UCP has chosen not to measure.
How can you say the UCP offer of hiring teachers is reasonable when the people making the offer have done everything they can to ensure you can’t evaluate the number.
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I think it's realistically achievable if the province and teachers wanted a longer term deal. But I don't think the province would budge from the basic formula of inflation + 1% annually. And AB teachers wouldn't want a longer term deal, because it removes the option to re-benchmark pay over a very long time, which hurts AB teachers if other provinces increase teacher pay or private sector benchmarks exercises point to the need for higher teacher pay.
But maybe there's an option for an achievable interim cap over a four year term, with the understanding that final caps would be achieved over 8 years or something. But is there enough trust for teachers to agree to that?