Local parents with kids in the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board can breathe a bit easier.
Ontario’s education minister says public elementary teachers in the province have reached a tentative contract deal with the government.
Stephen Lecce says it means stability in schools.
The government is still in bargaining with the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association, whose members also voted in favour of a strike, and with the union representing teachers in the French public system.
Public high school teachers have gone to binding arbitration with the government in order to get a new contract, eliminating the possibility of a strike.
