Job losses loom as Prince Rupert school district faces deficit of up to $3M
The local teachers union fears up to 40 jobs could be cut, including classroom support workers and librarians.
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Posted: May 10, 2021 8:13 AM PT | Last Updated: May 11
Charles Hays Secondary School in Prince Rupert, one of nine School District 52 facilities facing cutbacks due to a district budget crisis.(Google Maps)
has been passed upon, as far as being able to develop the crop, it s already past the stage, so rain is not going to help. bob smok, thanks very much. one of the farmers struggling with reality here. they ve had a few good years in the past and hopefully many of these conservative folks have saved to get through it. but the fact remains that 1,000 counties across the agricultural belt of america have been declared disaster areas and in this particular area, one of the undersecretaries of agriculture will come through and tour the worst hit area which is right here. and discuss what kind of aid he s going to give farmers who might not be so lucky financially. it looks like such a mess, rob marciano, thank you. how are states coping with the drought s harsh effects? we ll chat with sheila simon, she ll join us live. we ll get you the rest of the morning s top stories, christine romans has that for us. authorities in iowa draining a lake this morning in the search for two
counties across 26 states. the bone dry conditions are destroying farm crops and one analyst estimates that 75% of the corn crop in the drought region is now wiped out. that could drive up food and fuel prices across the entire country and brings us to rob marciano live in bu. we have corn that should be taller than it is right now because of the drought and because of the heat. this stalk should be well up and over my head. there s a couple of examples of ears of corn. this was tough to find, a decent one, what you would typically see in a healthy environment but this is what we ve been seeing, ears of corn not even close to developing and not even pollinated. not only here in indiana but across the corn belt as far north as the canadian board enand across the southern plains. this part of this particular field is pretty healthy, we re right at the edge, the corner, it gets more circulation and runoff from the road. i want to bring in bob smok, another local farmer. you ha
he could have suffered from some diabetic shock. so again, we don t know which one is true and which one is not true so we re just trying to be in good spirits and good faith and we are in good faith despite anything. our faces might not look like it, because as you can assume physically it s taking a toll and emotionally. we believe in god and we believe that he s going to do what he needs to do. let me ask you a question, your mom was also on the trip and we ve been showing pictures of your mom taen dad together. she was not one of the ones taken hostage. have you had a chance she was not, soledad. she s still in egypt, right, but she was she s not among those captured. what she has been able to tell you? actually, she they had left egypt for security reasons and they are in israel now. we speak to her constantly. we happen to have another member that s in our church that has a verizon phone that is able to give us a point of reference on top of whatever else we
gene louis and daniel louis. thanks for talking with us. gene, i m going to start with you if i can. what do you know is the latest about your dad, his condition and how he s being held? good morning, soledad. i thank you for having us on this morning. and soledad, we re going to tell you what we ve been telling all of the news media outlet s that has been interviewing us and we thank them also. the information that we re getting is trickling down and is information that people are getting from the internet. we do have people that are working on our behalves via the u.s. state department and office of senator scott brown, but again, information is we re getting as quick as you guys are getting it as other people are getting it. so actually the family has four people in it. we re just got some news so that s the reason why there s two of us that are not here. and the problem with hearing things from everywhere else, you re getting news that is not really true and you hav