Teacher's awarded time off to offset burden of increased class size.

Arbitrator James Dorsey has ruled that teachers must be compensated with extra paid holidays if their classrooms violate provincial laws regarding class size and composition. He reasoned that if boards of education aren't able to fulfill their legislative responsibilities and legal standards, then the provincial government must be held accountable. The BCTF's ability to negotiate class size and composition was stripped in 2002. Read the full story in The Vancouver Sun.