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Scott Hilgendorff photo
A little help
Jessica Von Euw visits with Robyn Haycock while her brother,
Dean, helps her out with an untied shoe lace at Seaforth Public
School Friday afternoon.
Province's extra funding
will go to teacher salaries
From Paye 1
discontinuation of $1 million
in stable funding provided
by the province during,dhe
phase-in period of the new
funding formula and a
$600.000 decrease in
OMERS (Ontario Municipal
Employees' Retirement
System) funding.
"Most of the provincial
increase is going into teacher
salary increases," she said.
Trustee Ray Ford said that
since the province has
targetted a salary increase
for teachers in its latest
funding increase,
negotiations could be
difficult between teachers
and the school board.
"I'm not suggesting some
employees aren't deserving
of a raise but since the
increases are being
prescribed by the province.
maybe the province should
go ahead and negotiate
themselves with, the
teachers." he said.
Baird-Jadkson said
increases to the foundation
grant of $62 per pupil at the
elementary level and $141,
per pupil at the secondary
level, are being made to
provide an increase in
teacher salaries.
The increase provides no
money for salary increases
for support staff, including
educational assistants, no
money to cover increased
'costs in transportation or
fuel increases, and no
changes to the
accommodation grant
envelope.
"If 1 might summarize. it
doesn't seem to be a pretty
' picture," said acting chair
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Seaforth to house
municipal office
for Huron East
Group working well together,
avoids common snag of office location
found by other restructuring groups
From Pogo 1
council to take over the
combined municipalities.
The municipal erection
this November will see
residents from the five
municipalities voting for a
12 -member council. The
mayor and deputy mayor
will be elected at large and
10 councillors will be
elected under a ward
system.
With official ,approval,
Seaforth mayor,, Dave
Scott, said the group can
now "go full steam ahead."
"It's nice to have word
from the province that it's
a go," said Scott,, adding
there is a good team of
people to work with.
He said it's still early to
know whether or not there
will be, any major
'challenges to formipg the
new municipalit9.
"There's a lot of work to
be done before the
election," said Scott.
Dunbar expects the work
of the transition committee
to go smoothly with staff
and councillors all with
positive attitudes about the
process.
He said other
municipalitie's have
encountered stumbling
blocks toward forming the
new municipalities through
such issues as the location
of the municipal offices.
Dunbar said in Huron
East's case, they have
already agreed to place
those offices in Seaforth,
the largest population
centre in the new
municipality.
He said the three strong
rural municipalities.
combined with the larger
population concentrations
of Brussels, Seaforth and
Vanastra, a small
population centre located
in Tuckersmith Township.
provide a rural 'and urban
balance that he doesn't
predict will snake working
out final restructuring
plans to he difficult.
With the populations
balanced the way they are.
he said there will he a
more "even-handed"
approach to the functioning
of Huron East.
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