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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ,ONTARIO
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B.Y RICHMO$D ATKEY
The. salary agreement heY I
tween'Huron .Country Board of
Education and the elementary,
,school teachers of the county
was-Presestecl,h t 'e.-chslrriiaA-
Bthi
School
Service
1N
ndahl
of the:.toard's negotiating tom-
• mrttee, Robert M. Elliott,
Total salaries are up` $2.72,.
;980 an average of 12.}•4 per cent.
The increases are'exclusive•of•
fringe benefits which run into
quite an item, but apparently
are difficult to pinpoint on ac-
count of the consolidation into
':one county school board.:
"This salaiy agreement has -
actually been settled, with •the
exception of a very fewminor
details., since June 2, .1969, "
Mr.• Elliott explained to the
Board and the press..
" ."A public report was not.
made .until this time as it was
felt'it could be detrimental to
`•ne,.g otiations at the, secondary
school` level which were still.
proceeding. "
"The basic increase .at the
elementary school level has not
been as great' this year as ft was,, •
in, most cases, in ' previous'...,
years, " Mr Elliott said. .
"However, the''variations of
18: former, public school board
salary' agreements had to be._
welded as much as;.could' Abe
afforded, in one, year.
"As: well; fringe benefits,
which .were.not in• effect. in
,many elementary;school Salary
agreements, had -,to be incor
-. porated so .that ; a11—members of
• the, teaching profession .working
for' the Huron County Board of
Education'would be. t rea t ed''
_equally whether in the .elernen-
tary or secondary school sya
terns," he said. •
The committee chairman..
emphasized. `thatalthough there •
would be onlyft teachers :
`more on the staff this year, there
could be a.great difference in
,qualifications,'which would ex
plain'some of the: increase in
the•total .figure. :,
Some features: of the basic •
salary grid for elementary pub
'liic school teachers, as contain-
ed in. the salary agreement,, ate
'-follows
Category 1--$5 000 starting
.'to $6;.900, for seven years' ex
perience;. •
Category 2-$5, 500 starting
$8, 200"f
perience, •
Category 3--$6,000 mini-.
mum to :$9,:800,maximum, with
increment policy as determined Swanson asked to prepare a report
on - costs ,.so that:;board ., members
will know the [amounts involved. in.
any, decision, they may make .on•. ,
'', ;ondary•schools; $6, 800' mini- absorbing part of expense for use of
mum :to.'$1Q,,800 .maximum for school facilities; by' outside groups:
13 years' experience, '
C to ory 5-=paaiity._with sect-._..
ondary schools; $,100 , mini
• mum to $11, 600 maximum for r.
5_years' experiefl C; •
• Category 6 --parity with sec-
ondary schools; $7.9P9 mini- A Corn Day program Will be`
Unum -to $18 -200;Fna�c-imum fir✓ field- the�fa'rrr -of George�-Proctor,
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The presia
ve the•call
of the
Is Import -
ad by. Earl
.bet' led !ti'
4 as .
pp and
he offering
•
Teachers who teach less; 'than:
half-time will, not be eligible .
:kir participation: in the benefit•.
pian.
The re are. to be twelve equal
.pay,;; payable the last teachin&
Friday 'of each month, except
in«June ' Any new teachers who '
have attended summer.' courses, :
receive $300 the first -teaching ,
day, September' 1969.
BrUieScbo�lBoard
Reviews Fee Policy
Second thoughts: by menibe.rs of
the Bruce. County Board of
Education resulted in a policy,state-:
anent on use of schools by outside
groups: .bein g :referred back to the
-achiliniitr--ation. ,for -alterations
-Board members agreed that the
fiist • draft' of .the policy „reflected
their_thinking_at previous' meetings,
,e :.
but further consideration...led d th .em
to question whether, they fees charged
should cover the cost•involved ,.pr
should be scaled so; that the Board
would absorb ,part of the cost:
Mrs. Doris' Milne of ,Kincardine,
leading off . tte..sug estiiiri for sec-
, f gg
and thoughts • had been. impressed .
:with reports at a'.Flesherton'meetirg
on Monday,,,when the program •of
y
communit-� use of'schools in lint ,•
..
Michigan was. outlined. "We: might
not be ready for a, complete:.
'program' like that ,".she said, "but
-wer-coulcFttart mov- ng fl-that-d=ir •
ection.'
Mrs. 'Mary Pletsch felt that the
school facilities 'were' too .,costly to
keep them closed ; She suggested
that the board might even ,consider'
naking,..no_cha_rg_elpLuse' of •the,
schools by community .or .recreation-
al groups for their own.activitie , ..
when these were not fund-raisi g
efforts;:
Support came from Harvey
McCurdy, who said' groups in his
area 'were concerned about high:
costs for custodians' fees; •He sugg
ested this expense could .be cut. by ; ;
hiring part-time 'help at lower rates,
but Chairman Loucks said the agree -
Ment with custodians',ruled'this out.
Mr=Mce rdy's uggestion th •
time required'for 'custodial. work
:was over-estimated was backed by'
Ernie' Pringle. The, glean -up could
be done next'day in regular hours,.
instea 0.. c arging - or .over time
spent on it.
Action on setting policy' was •
deferred, ,withTreasurerRoland'
by. agreement with secondary
c oninmittees; ,
' Category 4 --parity with sec-
.
ram
18 years' experience.
The Board agreed to partici-•
pate in.a• cost sharing basis as
of September 1, 1969, in the.
following benefit plans:
(a) Ontario Hospital Ser -
:Vices Commission: 50 per cent
aof premium, at ward rate;, (b)
'Medical insurance; 50,per cent ,
Centralia College of Agricultural
11/4.miles .east of:Belgrave on
Thursday, October 2nd at 2:00
P.M.
The variety, herbicide and fertil
izer demonstrations, Will be discuss-
• ed by area Soils and Crops Special-
ists, Howard Lang and Doug,ramie
son, .Head, Crops Division,
last
ber, who
ich vat.
ir. Sr nday:
premiumgroup tern? life:- Tee og
insurance: 50 per cent of prem,
`ium: . $10,000 for 'males, $6,000
for females. Qr
• Under (b) and (o), the Board
_.reserves the: right .to choose the
Carrier of such benefit pian.:
be Professor George Tones, Crop
Science Department, University of
Guelph..
• The event is sponsored by the
tfiuron- Soil and 'C-rop- Improvement
Association.,
Fly, don't walk, Kim
They got, away just in time.
My • •nerves, , stretched like . a
ru . er- ., b
ere-Ta
snap. • Tonight, as ,I sit alone
with the cat, in blessed peace,
I feel as:, though .I might' last
for a bit yet. .
The -last of , my Rotten Kids.:'
has gone off to college,: and her
mother,.. reluctant •'as ever to
raise her wing and let the
chick go, went with her.
The latter . willbe back in. ; a.
few days,. and the former will
probably- be back in a few
weeks, but it's a wonderful res-
'' pite. Even the cat.. looks more
relaxed. But maybe that's be-
cause .she's pregnant. She's
eating like one of ' those : dogs
in the TV commercials, so it.
looks suspicious.
•
•
in the bathroom and the 'back
yard for. a couple of weeks,
i these alt tio.nv(;that'.,_
• not alterationsY. ,
This, :of course, produces:
heated accusations • that, "You ..
'don't even "'cares , Why can't .
you; show some interest?"
This, in turn, makes me join
them for a modelling, show, at
which I mutter, "That's pretty.
Yeah, I like that, one. That
looks pretty good • on. you."
Again, this brings, forth heated.
accusations.
• The .. fact is, I, have about as
much interest in women's.
clothes as I have in choosing .
wall -paper. If/the plaster is OK,
whack it on. Same With .wo-
men. If
omen.:If it looks OK., I' say. so.'
If it doesn't, I have enough
Getting a :girl ready- for"col- -dense to=keep my mouth, -shut
lege i's' something like outfit-
ting , . an . entire . expedition to
Outer Mongolia, as I've dis
.._covered_ in the last _few._.weeks..
First, you.'have to taik ab"out
it for an -average ' of seven
hours a day. Then they' spend
hours making up lists of "in-
• dispensables", like' a .razor and
shaving :cream, . The lists are
lost and new : ones ' begun.
Then ,:there are hours of talking
about clothes: turning up
hems, lowering , necklines, rais-•
ing• waists, .. what .,.,,goes with
what, what clashes with what:
That's why I've : been . hiding
During his preparatory per-
iod, I have .felt like The :Invis-
-�-ibie---Man. 'I---have----had--two--
dinners cooked for me in two,
weeks. ' I have done all . the
shopping. I have broken' up in-
numerable feminine squabbles.`:.
(Kim's taste and her mother's,
in clothes, are as far apart as
:the R.C.'s and the .Communist's
philosophies). And I have strip-
ped my every, bank account to
the barest • of bones.
If .that kid drops, out, as so
many bright 'youngsters do, I'm•;
going . to take;- all. her " effects,
, piano, those records that drive,
nte out of my skull, the lot, and
PAGE 'ELEVEN
burn: them in the back, yard
Invited to this soiree will be
a number, of parents. I know.
We: •have -recently formed an-
organization called PORK.. It
stands, for Parents of 4Rotten
,Kids: And it's spreading like
wildfire: Within a 'year, 'it'll be
bigger than the Rotary Club.
By the way,
anyone who:
wants to join the organization.
is welcome. There are no fees,
All you have, to do is'drop me a
line, explaining briefly why you
think you qualify.• ,Anonymity .. .
is guaranteed. •
CharterTmembers-are:a°cou=
ple with;, a •son of 150 -plus I'Q. .
who is 'making toilet 'seat lids
in a factory; . a woman whose-,,
14 -year-old daughter ran' away;..
a minister` whose " 'daughter.
smokes pot; and me..
Thereis only one proviso.
You . have to. swear ' a solemn
Oath that, if your kid is over
16, you. have' given him, or. her,
no . .more than two. "last
chances", and have then kicked
• him, •or her; out into the world.
. We .will have no truck. with
• parents who. want to sit on -the:
egg. until• all that emerges is:
hydrogen sulphide, when it:.
finally breaks. •
But. I digress. My baby., whom
-I have taught -and fought -for 18
years; has left me. We've trot-
ted .off to high school together
for thepast five years,.I'_.snar.•.
.•ling because she was late, she
snarling. because I` was snarling.
I telling her to be in early, she, .
indignantly, finding ane pacing,
the floor, "What do you mean? :.
It's • only one o'clock." .I certain
she's been killed in'an accident,
or raped by a motor=cycle gang:
She laughing hilariously at, my
lurid imagination:
The...only thing worse than.
missing her is •the thought.that
she might. crime hoine, permit- •
ently. Young eagles, 'of `.either,
sex, have •to.`fly'or they become
cripples. I';d .rather .she flew.
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railored-to-I4easu
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AND YOURS °:OPPORTUNITY TO SEc HAND
SOME NEIN SUIT: AT 1 SUBSTANTIAL. SAVINGS
'THIS. SPECIAL SALE TAKES, PLACE
SEPTEMBER' 25, 26, 27
MR. ART FELDMAN, representing Varsity Brand
Clothes, will be in our store on Friday and: will: act,
as your personal ; consultant regarding fabrics ' and,
current styles.
JUST THINK ..
FIT—YOU:. -.
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OUR . PRICE
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