Teachers Hired Off Craigslist

Teachers Hired Off Craigslist

February 18, 2016 1:20 am PST.

The strike has prompted some parents to set up their own school, at home. Class will start this morning for five grade two students at an East Vancouver home. A father went on Craigslist to hire an elementary school teacher on strike.

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