www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, September 25, 2015 | 10 Teacher protest sees public school board postpone cross-country events by Herb Garbutt Oakville Beaver Staff The Halton public school board has postponed all elementary cross-country running events. An email, sent to parents of elementary students Wednesday, stated the decision is related to the elementary school teachers' workto-rule campaign. RBC Dominion Securities Inc. "... Halton elementary teachers are in a legal strike position. Various job sanctions have been instituted over the past several months. While teachers will supervise cross-country meets, a recent job sanction dictates their absence from classrooms cannot be covered by other teachers," stated part of the email to parents. "Due to the large number of participants, number of schools and limited number of occasional teachers available to fill the required teacher vacancies at the schools, all elementary cross-country meets have been postponed." Teachers and school administrators were told of the cross-country meet postponements Tuesday, said Halton board communications officer Jason Misner. It is unknown how many cross-country meets, or participating students, are affected by the decision. The Halton board informed parents it will attempt to re-schedule events following the lifting of elementary teacher sanctions. "We understand this is disappointing news for students planning on participating and representing their schools. If it becomes possible to reschedule these events, we will communicate this information when it becomes available." Will Volatility & loW Rates CompRomise youR RetiRement? Join us at our Life's Now series event to find out how to: n Deal with risk and market volatility n Recognize common misconceptions n Protect your retirement Tuesday, September 29, 2015 | 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Oakville, ON Hosted by Beal Advisory Group of RBC Dominion Securities RSVP to Crystal at 905-469-7018 or crystal.sager@rbc.com. Refreshments and appetizers will be served. Come see why we have been voted best optiCal stoRe sinCe 1994! a wide variety Of deSigner BrandS: Oakville's experts in eye Care: Denise pala, niCky pala & mike mCGrath · armaNi · Tory Burch · Versace · ray BaN · marc JacoBs · carrera · coach · Juicy couTure AnD mOre... Designer lenses: nikOn, Zeiss, essilOr CriZAl kODAk AnD mOre RBC Dominion Securities Inc.* and Royal Bank of Canada are separate corporate entities which are affiliated. *Member-Canadian Investor Protection Fund. RBC Dominion Securities Inc. is a member company of RBC Wealth Management, a business segment of Royal Bank of Canada. ®Registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. Used under licence. © RBC Dominion Securities Inc. 2015. All rights reserved. 15_90537_GGG_006 Family Owned & Operated Optical A Name You Can Trust! 125 Cross Avenue, Oakville www.spaceoptical.ca · 905-842-2821 (Across from Home Depot) Space IN STORES NOW get your DINE ON 15% OFF dining furniture EVENT ON NOW, ENDS OCT. 5TH K2-3, 201 Hays Blvd, Oakville OAK PARK OAKVILLE BURLOAK OAKVILLE G-9, 3487 Wyecroft Rd, Oakville URBANBARN.COM