The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board has confirmed their teachers are now in a legal strike position and they expect a work-to-rule campaign to start on Monday.

The school board held an emergency meeting with trustees Friday afternoon to discuss the labour unrest with local teachers.

Schools will still be open and teachers will be in the classroom, but they won’t be taking part in any administrative or non-instructional duties.

That means extra-curricular activities, field trips, and meetings will be cancelled.

The board also confirmed that the union is planning to hold one-day walk outs next month across every board in the province.

Jennifer Adams, the Director of Education of the OCDSB, told 1310News if the walk-outs happen, schools will be closed and parents will get 72-hour notice.

“It’s to insure student safety,” said Adams.

“If we don’t have our elementary teachers available to be in their classrooms with their children, there wouldn’t be appropriate supervision for those students.”

Meanwhile, Education Minister Laurel Broten says the government stands ready to respond to a threat of strikes by elementary school teachers.

She says the government has the power to impose a contract and prohibit any strike action.
    
Broten says the elementary teachers should keep talking with local school boards instead of taking strike action.