今天，您可能已经听说了1900名CBE员工收到了为期2020年5月和6月的临时解雇通知。这是对我们2019-20年度预算削减2100万美元的回应，这笔资金正在重新用于抗击COVID-19。

在考虑减少员工之前，督察们首先考虑了减少组织的其他成本。由于取消了课程，我们发现节省了大量资金。学校预算也减少了，而我们的中央办公室能够重新分配资金，因为一些项目被停止或延迟。

虽然这些措施占到我们削减的约60％，但仍不足以避免所有员工的裁员。

我们将优先考虑保留与学生最密切联系并支持远程学习的岗位。根据这一策略，我们的880名教育助理继续积极参与支持学生学习，并不会受到这些临时裁员影响。

对于我们的员工和家庭来说，重要的是我们将保留大部分清洁和设施人员。尽管课程被取消，学校建筑物仍对员工开放，学生的学习也在继续。清洁协议已得到增强，以确保所有可能需要在学校建筑物中出现的人的健康和安全。

收到通知的员工包括早餐和午餐监督员，兼职清洁工，图书馆助理，职业和技术研究教师，心理学家和语言病理学家以及其他行政和支持人员。

像代课教师这样的合同员工将不会收到解雇通知，但在现在和学年结束之间将有有限的工作。

CBE从未面临过如此大规模的裁员。每一位员工都在支持我们的学校和学生中发挥着宝贵的作用。我们知道那些收到解雇通知的员工将被同事们，尤其是我们的学生和家庭深深地惦念。

这些裁员将对每所学校产生不同的影响，但我们的重点仍然是确保每位学生在家中拥有继续学习所需的工具。

同时，我们的网站上发布了许多关于持续学习、技术借贷计划等资源。有关详细信息将继续在您各自学校的网站上发布。

与往常一样，我鼓励您如果有任何疑虑或问题，请与您的教师和校长联系。

保重。

Christopher Usih
学校首席督学

Today, you may have heard that 1,900 CBE employees received temporary layoff notices, effective for May and June, 2020. This is in response to a provincial reduction in our 2019-20 budget of $21 million that is being redirected to the fight against COVID-19.

Before considering any staff reductions, superintendents looked first at reducing other costs in the organization. We found significant savings from dollars that will no longer be spent due to the cancellation of classes. School budgets were also decreased, and our central offices were able to reallocate funds due to projects being stopped or delayed.

While these measures accounted for about 60 per cent of our reduction, they were not enough to avoid all staff layoffs.

We prioritized dollars towards keeping positions that have the closest connect to students and to supporting learning from home. In keeping with that strategy, our 880 education assistants continue to play an active role in supporting student learning, and will not be subject to these temporary layoffs.

Also important to our staff and families is that we will be retaining the majority of our cleaning and facilities staff. Although classes are cancelled, school buildings remain open for staff, and learning is continuing for students. Cleaning protocols have been enhanced to ensure the health and safety of all individuals who may be required to be present in a school building.  

Staff who have received notices include breakfast and lunch supervisors, part-time cleaners, library assistants, Career and Technology Studies instructors, psychologists and speech language pathologists as well as other administrative and support staff.

Contract staff like substitute teachers will not receive layoff notices, but there will be limited work for them between now and the end of the school year.

The CBE has never had to contend with layoffs of this magnitude. Each and every employee plays a valuable role in supporting our schools and students. We know that those  employees who received layoff notices will be dearly missed by their colleagues, and especially by our students and families.

These layoffs will impact each school differently, but our focus will remain on ensuring each student has the tools they need to continue learning at home.

In the meantime, there are numerous resources posted on our website with regard to ongoing learning, technology loaner programs and more. Specific information continues to be posted on your individual school websites.

As always, I encourage you to reach out to your teachers and principals if you have concerns or questions.

Take care,

Christopher Usih
Chief Superintendent of Schools