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Foster parent awards were presented at the annual meeting of the
Family and Children's Services of Huron County. The couples
receiving the awards, are from left to right; James and Shirley
Wilkinson of RR 3, Exeter, Richard and Bert. Kloss of RR 1,
Brucefield and Charles and Lynda Bruinsma of RR 2, Goderich.
Staffing, and salary remain
in dispute in teachers' talks
BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE
"Fair" is how both the Huron County
Board of Education and its secondary school
teachers describe a fact finder's report
released last week..
"It's fairly reasonable. It looked at all of recommendations.
"No, we're not that far apart, but I can't
give any details," said Mrs. Weary.
"There are a fairly large number of issues
oustanding in the negotiations, and as a
result the Fact Finding report contains 14"
the problems but it doesn't really resolve The particularly critical issues would
everything," said District 45' federation of-
ficer Shirley Weary of Goderich.
"It's a fair report in that it made a fair ad-
judication of the issues' in dispute," said
director of education Robert Allan.
However, both parties said some of the
solutions suit them while others do not.
Representatives 'from the teachers and
the board met once after they each had
received the fact finder's report and before
it was made public. • "
"Mr. Allan said the board has no announce-
ment to make as a result of that meeting but
he says the fact finder's report could be the
basis of an agreement.
Mrs. Weary says staffing changes and
salary are the two main items in dispute.
The fact finder's, report states that the
teachers are asking for an overall percen-
tage increase of 15 per cent and the board is
offering 5.1 per cent.
However, Mrs. Weary points out that that
percentage figure represents both sides
"initial" position and the process of negotia-
tion has changed those figures.
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appear to revolve around staff-
ing/workload, remuneration and staff
development funding..
"In making recommendations, I attemp-
ted to keep in mind the economic health of
the community, past history, school system
needs, the needs of the parties and the pro-
vincial pay restraint guidelines," states fact
finder Gene Deszca'sreport.
On the salary question alone, the fact
finder .recommends an increase of about
five per cent on the teachers salary grid.
This would include increment and grid ad-
justment costs. The teachers are asking for
a 7.5 per cent increase excluding increment
and grid adjustment costs, and the board is
offering four per cent plus grid restoration
and increment.
Other monetary recommendations in-
clude:
Removing the cost of living allowance.
The teachers want to keep it and the board
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wants it removed.
Increasing the summer and night school
teachers' salaries by five per cent. The
teachers want the salary at one-sixth of
their grid salary while the board wants it to
remain at the present hourly rate.
Increasing the professional development
fund by five per cent..The.teachers want the
funds increased from $65,000 to $73,370 while
the board wants to reduce it to $20,000.
The other main issue in Mute is staff.
allocation and teacher workload.
The teachers are asking for a staff in-
crease of about 24 teachers in the 1985-86
school year. This figure is only an initial
position.
The teachers are asking for the increase
for a number of reasons which include in-
creased staffing outside the classroom. This
includes librarians, principals and vice -
principals.
The board states the teachers cannot have
small class sizes and have the board in-
crease staffing outside the classroom.
The fact finder recommends careful study
of the pupil-teacher.ratio.
Mrs. Weary said a meeting between the
teachers and the board will probably be held
in the near future.
Removal of gas pumps marks
end of era at McGee Motors
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An era came to an end Tuesday as the
Suncoco gas pumps were removed from the
McGee Motors to enhance and expand the
new car display area.
The car dealership, which celebrated 55
years of service to the motoring public this
year, was one of the first and longest surviv-
ing Sunoco dealerships in the area. But that
came to an end as the pumps and
underground tanks were removed.
Ken McGee explained that his father
started the car dealership at the present
location in 1929. Sunoco began operating in
the area in 1930 and one year later the
familiar blue gas pumps were erected on the
McGee lot, starting what would become the
"longest surviving Sunoco dealership in the
same family in Canada."
"We were one of the first Sunoco stations
and it survived for 53 years in the same
family," Ken explained. "Originally were
operated with one Sunoco gas pump and one
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Shell pump into the mid 1930s but the Sunoco
outsold Shell by 10 to 1."
At the time, Sunoco only offered one brand
of premium gas, a higher octane brand.
The decision to remove the pumps and get
out of the retail gas business was "a long
one" but one that Ken says will enhance the
business.
"The advent of self -serve stations did not
make it financially feasible for us to offer
the service," he said. "Many families dealt
with us over the years."
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