At the beginning of each school year the staffs of each school in the Division shall have the option of establishing a working conditions committee.
Where such a committee is established it shall comprise between three and five teachers duly elected by the school staff.
The committee shall meet whenever it is requested by a teacher or teachers to consider a problem arising out of working conditions.
Prior to referring a working condition problem to the committee, the teacher or teachers concerned should normally raise it with the school principal and attempt to resolve it at that level.
The principal shall respond to the teacher or teachers within ten (10) teaching days. If the problem is not resolved, the teacher or teachers may refer it to the committee.
The committee shall attempt to resolve the problem at the school level. If action by the Superintendent is required, or if the problem cannot be resolved at the school level within ten (10) teaching days, or such other period mutually agreeable to the committee and the teacher or teachers who have raised the problem, the committee shall make recommendations to, or refer the matter to the Superintendent by means of a report filed with the Superintendent and copied to the Association President. The Superintendent shall respond within ten (10) teaching days.
If the matter is not resolved to the satisfaction of any of the Parties involved an appeal in the form of a written report may be made to the School Board by the Superintendent or any of the Parties involved within fourteen (14) teaching days.
The School Board may rule on the matter and may request an in-camera session with the Parties involved.
Nothing in this article reduces any rights a teacher may have under the Public Schools Act or the Labour Relations Act.