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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-10-08, Page 5ittry:..Teochers' .Sttike, e Issues? There are three main issues separatingihe Teachers' Provincial Take-Over-Team and-the-Board -- 1. MONEY — The teachers want more. 2. 'WORKLOAD -- The teachers want less. 3. CONTROL OF EDUCATION -- The teachers want more MONEY Board Offer: • 20.6 % salary increase, including increment, over two years. • 80% of premiums for all staff benefits [0.H.I.P.] and 3 others]. • Top teacher's salary of $31,954. [plus extra degree and responsibility allowances where applicable]. Teachers' Demands: • A pupil-teacher ratio of 16.2 to 1. • A guarantee that a teacher will not have to teach more than the equivalent of 6 periods of 8' each day [Periods are usually 40 minutes or less]. • Average teacher's salary of $27,733. Teachers' Demands: • 28% salary increase, including increment, over two years. er* • Extra staff to reduce workload, bringing total cost increase to 35.7%. • 100% . of prerniumt for all staff 'benefits. • Top teacher's salary of $33,915. • Average teacher's salary of $29,435. WORKLOAD Board Offer: • A pupil-teacher ratio of 16.8 to I. • The.. assignment of . staff, the - balancing of Workload, the determining Of class size and the number. of teachers' spareS IS to be decided by•the principal and vice-principal -in 'consultation with • departthent • heads -- all of whom belong to the TeaCher's Federation -. • A guarantee that teachers will not be in contact with more than a specified number of students each week. CONTROL OF EDUCATION Board's Position: • Control must remain where it is now placed by provincial statute -- in the hands of elected trustees who are accountable to taxpayers in Bruce County. Teachers Position: • Clauses must be placed in the collective agreement that will give the , teachers' union a virtual veto power over certain Important Board decisions. R. Gatis , Chairman, The Bruce County Board .o.f . Education. Laski" Sentinel, Wednesday, October e 1980,-P4ge S replace ceiling tiles at Huron schools BY awn WOODEN Work will be done this weekend at Robertson Memorial Public School to replace ceiling tiles loaded with ,amphibole asbestos discovered in studiesinitiatestimiluroxl_to, - Over the accoustic plaster at a cost of $7,500, F.E. Madill in Wingharn also needs some sealing spray on its gymnasium ceiling,. Incidentally, the sealer . needed on the, accoustic mpla.,ster makes ac ceustics Garratt stated that Huron County's asbestos problems are minimal compared to those of other areas, The common denominatbr in the Huron schools which contain asbestos is the fact that County Board, of Education-hired' ar- chitects Kyles, Kyles & Garratt, Certain amounts of asbestoS were found, in several other county schools and will also be eliminated in due time, Brian Garratt reported to the board at its regular monthly meeting October Robertson was termed the most serious case of all the schools because its corridor, ceiling tiles contain the most dangerous asbestos particles, called am- phibole. Amphibole fibres are the smallest of all asbestos . fibres, about five one-thousands of a millimetre in size. If a celing tile which contains asbestos is broken, it explodes with these tiny particles. A single fibre, upon en- tering the lungs„ may cause cancer. Smith Construction in, Seaforth has been • ,con., tricted to do the work th'ig: weekend at Reber- tsOn at an approximate cod of $10,006. :Victoria Public, ,also in Goderich, is another .school with asbestos content. It contains the ' less dangerous transite asbestos _fibres in corridor, classroom, end gymnasium ceilings, The tiles Will not have b_e_tezilaced,buL,simply encapsulated with a sealing. Brookside, Myth, and Stephen Central schools all have small amounts of trans ite fibres within them, which will mean replacing or sealing certain tiles. Clinton Public School and Exeter Public School will both require major jobs sealing accoustic plaster which contains transite asbestos in corridors and washrooms, Clinton' is estimated to cost.$14,500 and. Exeter $18,000. On the high school scene,. Goderich District Collegiate Institute Was the only building found to be free of - asbestos. Central Huron in Clinton will prove to be the biggest jot) at $77,000 to completely replace certain' ceilings on the second floor. South Huron in 'Exeter is going to require 'a similar job- 'to Clinton's with a combination of sealer Spray and ceiling replacement-at a cost of $58,000. • , In Seaforth, the gymnasium ceiling will have to 'have a sealer even worse. The entire cost 'of the asbestos elimination will be -approximately $293,000. This cost has been submitted to the Ministry of Education for acceptance, since ministry grants may cover ,90 per cent of the bill. all of those schools were built between '1950 and 1955. - Asbestos' has not been an ingredient in the tile or plaster of new buildings for several years now, although a small amount of transit e, asbestos is still used in pipes. USED CARS! 1980 CHRYSLER NEW YORKER, demo fully equipped 1977 'DODGE 1/2 ton, 6 cylinder 1975 CHEV, 4 dr, P.S. and P. 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