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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-06-03, Page 5. • • ` . ;A . . ^ Cht�, ' student�� will. . . �����0�� ����- ` After tions back and forth between the Huron County Board of Education and the principal of Central Huron Secondary School regarding' a CHSS student council debt of $i150 in connection with "1 auditoriurn bleachers decision was reached at Tuesday evening's board .~.^....�. �. .�~.~... �--. flomutb toexpe,ct payment of, the' debt by the end of the 1972'7Oschool Year.• The question had ari§en ' of tkrne4o fulfill his ubIIg4tion will be necessary. We will endeavour to amortize this debt 'bY the end of the 1972'73 mdhoolyeur." Following announcement . that two teachers at dHSS' had beep appointed joint supervisors '»y the OcCupations Department at the sc.h�o,t during the absence of gll for to the board, tfie board a8xwed`, to commend ..Mr. 'Cull for his It Was tearned hatCull had ° ' 'm student's council at CBBS was indeed responsible for the debts .oy previ9us council just as any .uLhor council is expected to fulfill' the obligations of their predeoeaabm. "^i now xeuliva an. obligation, of this nature should b«. hono,ed'," wrote Principal Homuth. "However an extension ‘,����9~ , . ° - .4 K. 00- DER. '4":4 E T departmentalallowance $1600 between tbetwotmuber§ who would be taking over in his absence. Mr. Cull will set up the program for the year and see it started and will be back in time,. . "I like to see spirlt like this," remarked Chairman Bob Elliott. ' An audien,ce Of Cheering fellow-studentsgrmatdd of this year's award winners at GOCI Thursday. Pictured above are (left to right) Denise Dalton, Dawn grest, Murray Rivett and Larry Mohring, all honor plaque winne,m Hills, executive plaque winner; Cindy Leeking, Greg Markson andCatherine Russell, drama. (staff photo) -___ ' Wa����� meeb centrally u»»'m»» '!ur m« 8«'on Ol|iot� ^ldont1|keto�e mo� Occupations students get..Bob Elliott spoke out T,Mrs. Kuu�she County Board' of Qd«���_me�n�-'otmnxod` arilyn under evening at the. regular board understood the rmmun|ngbehind e.rnploymeiit ��th0ee �eft "="'"u ' `,e' �o�uum /mm'n,»�omQ»» 'mm oOmnuttees taking their ee '• ' There may be a high of unemployrnent in some parts of Canada among graduates but in the,'Cwntral Iluron., Secondar)t .0 School two year ocoupuinuu-course, theYe are" only three bqs - le[t in the class who have not obtained "Almost all of this year's Grade 10 haobtainedlObLand • Stuff changes announced by ���� ��0���^� w '�� `- �`���. • � ' - The Huron' County Board' of ,Education has hired a. psychologist to head up the Special Education program beginning this fall. Be is William E.Carter, presently a psychologist with the '8umt County Board of Education. His salary was reported m $16,000 per annum.. , ` There -were -nimrapplitomnus--- for the position and' four interviews:held. ' ' : ma Sandra Orr, presently employed -at the Goderich Psychiatric Hospital will be the new psychorrietrist at a salary Of $7,500 per annum. There were 4°^ 20 applications t'or this bosttion and fiVe interviews conducted. o The' new developmental ae reading onnau ten| (itinerant) for secondary schools is Arthur H. . ','-_-, presently ~.`~.,~. . at the General VanierSecondary School, `Oohuwu. Fifteen''„4Pp�aion» were 'received .!,,for this job and six interiews held. '-4 'Itinerant nponuh consultants' . wilt'. be Mrs. Bessie Hoad, presently on Staff ]o North -. Y6 --Mrs: 'Verna Kane, ptesently on staff at Victoria Public School, and Mrs. pamel|u �� staff at -Fxeter Public School until December w '1870. There were seven other ` ' of wlijch only one other teacher was intervieiked. . Itinerant ,emodal oo'neu|tunt are Mrs. Ila Kaye», presently on staff at .Usborne Central' School; .w Mrs. Ber'y1 Nicholson, nroxent|y Campbell, on staff at the A/M Hugh CF8 Clinton;. a d Miss Shirley ' Norman, - presently on staff at Colborne' Central School. There were 18 - other' applications maa, seven • of 'these additional applicants being interviewed. • x ��^, Chairman Bob �"�°^'notod that of. nine persons hired, five - were from' I-Wron County. '"Thu's a indication to me," stated EHiott. 4 Other teachersteachersappointed to fill vacant positions, left ,,,,by Yesignations from the staff were:7 .Mi"t4Jona Dougall and Miss Jatqueline Dunn, Usborne ClintonCentral; Miss Helen Mott, P8 B'aabu` = 8o&mo*v8� PS; Charles Liddle,� D,mobm�e;_ Miss L�du'nVurd. ^ Central; CharlesBuet- Stephen. arta. Paul Jur�,'l� Q. Baedill, tz David ' Cox, South Huron DHS; Robert Dick, ��DOl| and James Moore, �SeaforthDB8. 's Resignations include Mrs. Rena Fisher, Brookside; Mrs. Darlene Castle,MUo Lois Gruoby and Mrs. C. Jewitt, Clinton Public School; Mrs. Jo -Ann 4 • Rowe, Exeter PS; Miss Judith " Schneider, Holmesville PS; Mrs. O Ann Kingswell, Hullett Central; ` MrsJoun Clark, V|etoria*P8; D. Mc{amui StephenJones, Mrs. Alfred Melito, Mrs. T. Barr and Miss Gertrude Van Veers, alt of r -fl• :' • [oyford.0eufocth DNS:,Non-teaching resignations` "u 1111641e' Mrs. L. R, Hyde, Grip i641,thit; and -Mrs. M. Towton - w. AO, urkrm Beaver, custodians'. at . South Huron DHS. to, winter holiday, " reported 'J. W. Coulter, superintendent, of program and plannina. -~us:tnat'mm||y true?" asked ' 'vice-obuirm»? John 8voudroot who expressed amazement 'that • - � . ~~ ' Elliotst' � x comme vere prompted by the news dGoa t a committee chaired by Dr. Barry Deathe of _u/ be "attended by 'teachers from all rthe county" was to be held mOuderich. wh��em��hahi���of_ E]!��mdd�e�wnw�the unemployment reported, any centre of the county and boy year tmveUuAexpenvev for those on oocupu000m` course can find board business would be kept to work without too much a minimum. diyOou|t}/inBu,onCounty. TWO other membe,s of the "The credit goes 7 to the committee in question, Mts. . teachers who buve^wo,ked with Warren Zinn un&Wilfred indaplace Shortreed �aid bemu�p the these young poop|e,^exp}uioed meeting was with the teachers a Coulter. ' "site away [romiuny school" was The board also learned that sought by the committee. |twm^ Grade' 8 students from all over noted tbut Clinton does' not the/county suitable ac,Omnoda/hm candidates 'for next year's Grade for a private |unoh�o.m�ung. e �uu course � John 8modyoot. chairman or three-dayinvited to CHSS for a the counly council- liaison with the cumnoiue. asked for some ' prograin offered and t9 make direction concerning a meeting toem ,}�s' hesitant to return to he ,Was planning tu hOst the classes m a different buUdUnA .comm|ueeo[ county council. |c vucudnn" was suggested through board .'"Apparently our mwux�m discussion that Abe meeting be �-- 6'CHSS. - S o me of the visitors have,asked ,ldon't think any member o[ to transfer,.to*Central Huron couooU has ever been in Secondary'School immediately." this room," .stiated•Chairman SUN LIFE .`. ~a essive - company ^ Q progressive industry GORDON T. ' ' 'Phone 565-0333 Bayfield _SUN LIFE ASSURANCE 'COMPANY, Q.0 CANADA. . . NOIICE TO..DESTROY cxu us.' ' --- ' . NOTICE IS HEREBYGIVEN to . _ all Property Owners in Huron County ^ In aceurd with the Weed ControlL o�1}. 1960, Sec. 3, 13, 19, and amendments thereto,' that unless noxious 0weeds &rowin nm•tbet» lands are destroyed by June Js.1A?1 and throughout the ommxon, the Municipality my enter upon the said lands and have the. weeds dostroxed, charging the costs against the land in taxes, as uot,qut in tpe Act_ • ~ ALEX CHE'SNEY, Weee Inspector, County of Huron ° ^ .° ° meetings out of the board room but she described it as "an awful mmrn'e to haall his furniture." and still haye people feeling "they can't meet here" it was suggested that a board room ` contained within the board .offices awuit• frum^C83S o*ou|d be a. solution to part of the problem. N�����8�' ^�urmm'�«� ,25** Order Suit Now While R / Of SaniPles Are REGULARLY PRICED . AT $135.00. ' 11O°°0AT �� m�NOW PANT • • Pickett: 8E -Campbell ' l[he- Storm For Men CLINTON — GODERICH — KINCA ' ^ ANHcNESTMESSAGETCTHE �O��&�����K��NN ��_�NN ��-�U�K��� mm����w�~w�~�� w���m�'m�� mm �m�� mm mm mmn�� . , TAXPAYERS OF HN COUNTY ° 424 , ' FROM�� 0�K THE ~~~~"`"' ^ ' ~ � BcARD OF EDUCATIQN Are the 8ocondary School Teachers Huron Countyjustifiedln rao�nin�'theirpo�tk»n�; Vy�.toke xh}xoppo[tuniry tz.reo|y to recent publicity concerning the~toaohero,fina . | position'. Percentage inormaSes are often a'poor means -of actually outlining raises diven,duetonon-financial or other items. . Presently, between the board and the teachers, are some. finann^i |and non 'fmanoia|---------- -' --- - differences. We will try to -let you, the ` public, see and assess our differences in these areas, '�� ~ ' Teachers generally want. to lower the qumbor ofyeamthat it takes to get from mihimum salary to nroxinnUrn salary. At the present time our salary agreement calls for a category 4 teacev'ho starts at S8800 per year and goes to a maximum of $14,700 per year in15 years with an automatic increase of S300 for the first yearend-$4OO.focthesecond and succeeding yoano:This io' in0orporated iq�oa|ory grid�vvhioh eppeary bo(nvv. ~ Years of Experience O 1 2 3` 4 5 8 7 8' -9 10 11 13 14 l' .~ The' be of dollarsshould be added showof years on,the -- id. By our present, egraqrnenz' a teacnor receives $18/'?00 over u period' of 15 years. By the teachers' raqum�, atoaohor receivesetota| of�1Q8/8O0 over 15 years. This is a difference of �8'3OO per teacher, b/ in'' ` c| de any future negotiations and if past exerjenoe means anything we know th� yearvvi|| not end the t� �d to �� .� and �G ( and�7OO increments.' rn .Present • Agreement $8,800.. 9,100. A'1QO. 9,500. 9,900. 1O,3OO.` 10,700. 11,100. 11'GOO. 11,900. 12,300. 12'7OO. 13''1OO. 13,500. 13'8O(3, 14,300. 14,700. Teachers' Request SB O0. Q.1OO. Q'7OO., . 1O,2:0O. 1'O'0O0. 1 1,100. ^ ' 11,600. l2'00O. .2'5OO. 3,000. 13 500. -- 14 000. '^ 14 500. 15 000. 15.5QO. . • • `Ao can be readily seen, althoug.11,the '. - . tw ou'- rid~ n start out at the - figure of $8,800, the annual increases change following year 1 and the teachers' requestincorporates $509 and. $600 increeoes*o that.a Maxirriurn salary of $15,500iureached in 14 • 'Ynam. By comparing �igure'opposite the years of experience .one tan see readily that ateacher__ 2 with 8 years of experience will receive $800 more . ' by the teachers' grid than by the proaont - agreement. This in itself does not appear to be ` . entirely out of line butthe implications on future boards should.be noted. • • . What does this mean to Huron County?' It means that due to the fact we have 289 secondary teachers and 335 elementary teachers who are preoent|Y or will be .degree' people: an increase in salaries paid of 604 x $9'300 = $5,G17'200-o»a,the next 15 years, without evernego'tiating any further increase. . / . ,The teaohens,arguo that Huron \/says very little of lhis due to our grantoynt We admit we enjoy a good grant structure . which was, given to us because of our low ax'sesonnenc area. We do not believe this is a valid poin¢ to grant increases which Will evantUa||y stagger the Provin'cia|economy and cause taxoatd be a very grave Problem for many Iess fortunate people to pay. _ As evidence of ability topay, We cite the tax arrears in rural 'Huron Countywhich are upto$337,483''an increase of about 15. per cent over the previous year. Another point at issue is Retirement Gratuity.The nae'peaks for itself. Every teacher in^HmronCounty is given 20 dayS per year to be 'sick without losing pay. These days, if not used for sickness, accumulate until 200 days are accumulated: Due to the fact that some teachefs do notget sick they endup^theirt000hing'oaroom vvith-20Q-nr more accumulated days. It has been the aQreernont, that, a8'8 reward for not being^xinlc a.teochorInQyuse the 200 days or fraction thereof to collect up to 1/2 year's salary upon retirement. ' The board felt due to othertretirement benefits this was unnecessary. Take the eX4np|e of the Category IV teacher above who upon retiringat maximum receives a Superannuation which was partially paid for by himself 'and p for by the / Province, 6Y6fraxn-ilach, which s computed by taking 70% of the average of his best 7 years salary, giving him apension of $9809 per yearplus his old age pension pips his Canada Pension plus the lump mum payment of $7,800 for retirement gretuitiAa. The Board 'believes this lump ayment is unnecessary and also 'feels they were in error -in attempting to—take away the Retirement Gratuity withbut prior warning, but ,instead should have attempted to phase it -out, over a period of years.„ Consequent the Board in its last offer (5.5 per cent increase) re'ino atmd th8 retirement gratuity, oOntingentVporl the ucooptanue by the teachers of the salary nf er. fhe Board also disagrees with -increasing the subsidy payment Yronn'50 per cent tO 66-2/3 per,cent on 0.H.S.I.P., 0.HJSJC. and Group Life Insurance. It also does not seer tha.uotifiootidn for including a new benefit item — Blue Cross Extended Hen|thP|on. Many Other Boards in the Province are paying these requests by Ilhe teachers. We in Hui'on feel a responsibility to keep taxes in line . .^,/+ +t" "4n/+., ," nxv. .., v ," "xv^°^-u,^ vnm9nn -Apnxnfwa Of ,nn,wicnof tHn pcnmnrfiv tmp`/(thprparhepv) ohmvHd receive '-. Are the teachers justfied? ~ � • ' ~..--..�^.^~~ • '` ~ ' ° ' -