Dear Editor:
Re: B.C.'s Teachers Don't Deserve to go 20 Weeks Without Pay, Aug. 8.
As a public school teacher greatly impacted by the current strike situation, I have appreciated Keith Baldrey's generallybalanced views of the BCTF/government debacle. However, I would like to correct the information presented in his column regarding teachers' pay.
Teachers opt to receive their annual salary over 10 or 12 months. Most teachers,including myself, do take their pay over 10 months with the knowledge that funds must be put aside to cover expenses for July and August.
I know several colleagues who chose the 12-month option and are receiving paycheques in July and August.
Thus, at this point, teachers have lost 13 days of pay in May and June due to strike days with the addition of the government's 10 per cent deduction for lockout time in June. To go 20 weeks without paywould take teachers well into December. Let's hope that common sense prevails on both sides and that teachers and students do not find themselves in that predicament.
Jeanne Davy
North Vancouver
