Beginning Thursday March 12th, teachers across the province will show up 15 minutes prior to the start of the school day and they’ll leave 15 minutes after the final bell.

This comes after teachers voted 90.2 per cent in favour of sanctions last month amid talks between the provincial government and the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation on whether classroom complexity and composition should be part of bargaining.

Any additional marking or preparations teachers need to do past school day hours will be done off-site. The sanctions will impact extra curricular activities and Maze suggests those affected to contact their to contact their local MLAs.

“We would encourage students and parents to contact their MLA, contact the education minister, let them know that the situation in our schools are not acceptable.”

Maze says the STF is looking for a specific fund to address class complexity. According to Maze, the province was previously willing to put aside approximately $5 million dollars for such a fund, although the STF is looking for more.

“We had at a previous meeting suggested that probably about $100 million dollars dispersed amongst school divisions over three years. So about $50 million in the first year would be a good start to address the issues that we’re seeing.”

When asked whether or not a change in the markets will impact the upcoming budget and money for education, Maze said there are ways for the government to raise revenues which include increasing the PST in the construction industry and on children’s clothing.

The STF president added the budget is approximately two and a half billion dollars and that an additional few million dollars to be added in to ensure students succeed will be money well spent.

Maze did say that any further sanctions will be discussed further down the road.

No further meetings are scheduled between the province and the STF at this time.