The Surrey School District is concerned that it may not be able to hire enough teachers hired by September to fulfill a Supreme Court ruling that brings class sizes back to 2002 levels.
Surrey, Burnaby, Abbotsford and North Vancouver are just a few municipalities looking to staff schools in the next two weeks, each posting dozens of positions.
Surrey’s district, which teaches more than 71,000 students, posted 108 positions on Monday.
“We know we will be challenged,” says Surrey School Board chair Shawn Wilson.
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“When schools open and we get the numbers, we’re going to have to act on it as fast as we can to meet all the needs,” he added.
“I suspect it’s going to be a whirlwind month for the month of September, I can tell you that.”
The Surrey School District estimated that it will need about 300 teachers by September.
In an e-mail, the Vancouver School Board said it’s posting 280 positions on Tuesday, but expects to fill them by the end of the week.
CKNW has reached out to the BC Teachers Federation for comment.
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