Teachers at the trouble-hit Delia School of Canada are predicting a mass exodus of staff next year if it switches more teachers to one-year contracts.
The school introduced two-year contracts in September 2004, but switched back to one-year contracts for those who started last year, teachers say.
Teachers were told in the spring that all future contracts would be one year and said the majority, currently on two-year contracts, would have to switch in September next year.
One teacher said: 'We have been told that the school will only be offering one-year contracts from next September although they have said pay won't be going down.'
She said that the sacking of deputy principal Vaughan Blaney and assistant principal John Blaney in June and subsequent events at the school had left teachers shocked and demoralised and questioning their future.
'The Blaneys were very motivating people,' she said. 'You knew you had backing but now you don't have that any more. The mood is very sad and it is hard to be an effective teacher when you have such poor morale.
