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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-03-22, Page 9Students go back on Tuesday..,...,... CONTINUED FROM PAGE $ a teacher vote was required for •the OSSTF District 45 to accept the board's suggestion. Some felt that if the vote refused the offer, the board was in the same situation it was when it imposed the lockout. Board 'chairman, John Elliott, said he didn't think the issue required a teacher vote. He pointed out that a vote was very doubtful before March 28 since many of the teachers used the March break to go on vacations planned before the lockout. The teachers are not required to remain in the county during the school March break and Elliott said he hoped the teacher negotiating team would agree to the new terms and that the 274 members would accept that and return to classes. "They (the teachers) will have to make the decision to go teach or stay out," he said, "We've opened every avenue for their return and can only hope their concern for the students will influence their decision." In a letter to the OSSTF District 45 president, the board suggested that if teachers were "earnestly concerned about the education of the students in Huron County they would agree that the dispute had gone on long enough". The letter said it was. time to set aside negotiating postures and "get on with the job of education". Cayley Hill said that. if the issue requested a teacher vote he hoped the negotiating team would give its membership ail opportunity to decide for itself. He said that he hoped the negotiating team would ask members and vote . on the matter without a few making decisions for the masses. Hill said earlier he was surprised at teacher reaction to board offers and the continual refusal by the teacher negotiators to send those offers to the teachers for a vote. Hill said the latest move by the board was "logical" and while it didn't settle the dispute it guaranteed that the current school year .will be completed . without interrup- tion. He said it may allow both parties to take advantage of a "cooling off" period before beginning negotiations in earnest on the next school year. The board's proposal hinges on the teachers' acceptance of a committee to establish pupil period contacts, which is the number of students a teacher is required to see in a day. The pupil period contact is the main bone of contention in the contract. The teachers want the board to agree to a specific number of pupils per teacher and the board wants the matter left to its discretion each school year. The saw -off suggested by the board is a committee consisting of one representative from the teachers, one school board trus- tee, one senior education admin- istrator and a principal 'appointed by the principal's association. A committee would endeavour to establish pupil period contacts within the confines of , the pupil teacher 'ratio in the contract. The recommendations by that com- mittee would be screened by the director of education and rubber stamped by the board. The board feels that this method will not bind it to a specific ratio it may not be able to live with., in the future but still gives teachers considerableinput into what the pupil period contact would be in a given year. The board agreed ' to the committee system and passed a policy statement setting it up. Hill was appointed as the trustee member to the committee and superintendent, Don Kenwell, as the senior administrator. It re- mains for the teachers toy agree to the system and appoint a member and the principals to select a representative. The board feels that the system will allow for a pupil -teacher contact ratio that will be as equitable as possible. The policy replaces the deleted clause con- cerning pupil period contact but that is one of the reasons the teachers chose to. strike. The other clause in contention concerns sick leave gratuity and the board altered its stance slightly to try to amend that issue. The clause proposed by the board suggests that a teacher who has completed twelve years of service and is 50 years old or is in receipt of a pension under the provisions of the Teachers' Superannuation Act, shall be entitled to the payment of a gratuity on termina- tion of employment. The teachers want $e age limit to be set at 42 years of age. 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