HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1985-11-27, Page 16A16 — THE HURON EXPOSITOR, NOVEMBER 27, 1985
Teachers, board are not far apart
Money, a dental plan, staffing and
nO0 hour supervision are the main items in
dispi,te between the Perth County board of
educat ion and its elementary school teachers,
the fact finder's report released Monday
morning reveals.
Provincial fact -finder, William Marcotte,
appointed by the Education Relations Com-.
mission, sided with the teachers most often in
the report.
However, in separate interviews on Mon-
day morning, representatives from both the
,leachers and the school board said the parties
Rvuuld he meeting the next day.
"I hope, we can conclude an agreement
tomorru,;• " said the chairman of the hoard's
salary negutinting committee Howard
Shantz
The spokesman for the teachers, Ron
Marion of RR 3, St. Marys, said he hopes the
fact finder's report is used as the basis for a
settlement in the one day set aside fur
negotiations.
A regularly scheduled school board meet-
ing will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 5 and an
announcement of a settlement could be made
at that time.
On salary and allowances, the teachers are
requesting a 5.58 per cent increase which
includes a 1.3 per cent increase which would
bring elementary schoolteachers salaries in
line with secondary schoolteachers. This
would leave the highest salary at 846,012.
The school board is offering a four per cent
TO THE EDITOR
Boosters Club needs support
The Seaforth and District Community
Centres Booster Club wishes to thank the
people of the community who have supported
it over the past three years. However, we feel
as members of the club we have carried the
responsibility oforganizing activities for long
enough.
Those of us who were initially appointed
were to look into the possibility of organizing
the bar help and the idea of catering.
Originally the' booster club looked after the
bar. Later bartenders were hired by the arena
board
The catering has proven more difficult due
to the large number of people needed. We
divided the catering into six different areas
which were further divided into various work
crews, Unfortunately, we are now unable to
get enough people to take the responsibility
of heading these crews. We know there are
some who will say they were never called. It
was not possible for us to phone everyone.
Those people could have called one of us or
called the arena,
We have held two annual meetings in the
past, with no success in getting the number of
new potpie we needed to keep things running
smoothly. We have sent out letters and made
calls but to no avail.
In the past three years the club has
supplied the arena with a stage, extra glass
around the ice surface and mats to protect the
floor from skates. Additional tables and
chairs, a meat slicer, food processor,
microwave and extra air conditioning for the
hall were also purchased. All of the items
were bought with no extra cost to either the
arena or the taxpayer.
Teen dances have been held once a month
for the last year and a half. These have been
greatly appreciated by the police and parents
as well as the teens.
We are very sorry the present club will no
longer exist as of December 31, 1985.
Once again we want to thank all those who
have generously given their time. It has been
greatly appreciated.
Anyone interested in maintaining a club
please let the arena board know. Thank you
again.
Marjorie Anderson, Bob Campbell.
Ruth Campbell, Lyle Raney,
Kevin Kale; Jim McNichol.
Leona Nigh
Armstrong seeks warden's chair
How close is Huron County to having its
first female warden?
Pretty darn close in fact.
There is only one meeting left to go in this
present council's term of office and to date
the only person to announce their desire for
the warden's chair is Leona Armstrong.
The reeve of Grey Township, Mrs.
Armstrong, 51, would be breaking a 140 -year
tradition of males at the helm of Huron
County Council. She has already been
acclaimed to the position of reeve of her
township for the next three years.
The warden will be crowned on Tuesday,
December 10 at the court house in Goderich.
I'Mess someone declares their intention at a
special meeting of county council on
November 28, the warden for 1986 could be
Reeve Armstrong.
However, Reeve Armstrong isn't counting
her chickens before they hatch and feels
someone could still come forward and
announce their candidacy. •
She first started in municipal politics in
November of 1974. She was then deputy
reeve for three years before being named
reeve in 1981 when then Reeve Roy
Williamson resigned in mid-term.
Reeve Armstrong's father, Harvey John-
ston, represented Morris Township on county
council, serving as warden in 1952.
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increase on salaries and allowances. How-
ever, the school board estimates its total cost
at 6.5 per cent over the 1984-85 collective
agreement. To get this figure. the board is
including increment increases.
The teachers dispute this noting 60 per
cent of their group is at the maximum on the
grid because of the number of years of
service.
" It appears to me the board is able to
increase the teachers' salaries by the
provincial average and so I recommend,"
states the fact -finder's report.
He bases this on the fact the Perth
elementary schoolteachers ranked 13 from
the bottom in salary averages across the.
province. Among neighboring school boards,
the Perth elementary schoolteachers are the
lowest paid. These boards are Huron,
London, Middlesex, Oxford, Waterloo and
Wellington.
These figures are also balanced with the
board's expenses. Mr. Marcotte notes of the
seven surrounding school boards, Perth has
the lowest over ceiling expenditure (the
amount of money spent which is not
grantable by the ministry of education).
Included in the salary section is the
question of parity between elementary and
'secondary schoolteachers.
GAP CAN'T BECIASED
"I hesitate to make a specific recommenda-
Marching band
(Continued from Page A3)
music as a credit course to its curriculum next
fall. It will be introduced as a night credit
course and will be offered only as a one-year
course, although it could expand to two years.
Right now just how the course will be set up
is uncertain but it could run two nights with
one night touching on the classroom end of
things and the second the band, or it could
Shoe quota
(Continued from page A2)
It may be premature to predict the demise
of Genesco but Seaforth can ill afford to lose
somewhere in the neighborhood of $25,000 a
week in salaries. By the same token, the
Canadian government can't afford to subsi-
dize uncompetitive industries laced with bad
management either.
Despite the lifting of quotas don't toss and
turn at night in anticipation of lower footwear
tion because I do not think the disparity gap
can be dosed in one year. Rather, I leave it to
is a proposal by the teachers for noon -hour
supervision.
The teachers suggest a three -year -phase-
in plan that would cost about $35,000. This
would involve paid noon -hour supervisors.
"My impression is that both the teachers
and the board are desirous of settlement. My
further impression, however, is that neither
party has yet made those difficult decisions
that are often required if a new agreement is
to be reached," concluded the fact -finder.
run for one night with the course to run from 4
to 6 p.m. and the band practice after that. It
will be open to both male and female students
but the male students will obviously be
unable to participate in the Girls Marching
Band, Instead it is thought a concert band or
some other alternative will have to be set up,
for the boys and other females not interested
in the marching band.
But that's a year away. Right now the
band needs the support of its community.
Anyone interested in making a donation is
asked to see Dianne Stevenson in the high
school office. Members of the community are
welcomed and invited to attend any of the
band practices. They are held Tuesday and
Wednesday nights at the high school, from 7
to 8 p.m.
prices.
The boys in Ottawa have made the decision
and we will see if, indeed, the strong shall
survive. Again, it will be the employees who
will suffer in the end. It's sad. ,
The Canadian Import Tribunal, an inde-
pendent government agency that conducted a
year long inquiry into the footwear industry,
stated "the lifting of quotas won't mean the
end of Canada's shoe manufacturing indus-
try; it will mean a leaner industry fully
competitive within its chosen part of the
market with imports from all sources."
Further translation is necessary - no hiring,
more layoffs and no substantial salary
increases, The employees are caught be-
tween the rock and the hard place. No matter
how it all turns out, they will be the ones that
get the short end of the deal,
Good Canadians
(Continued trom Page A2)
When you have to settle for one meal of
ground wheat a day, and have to huddle
around a charcoal brazier to keep warm, then
you can whine, though few will listen, just as
few of us listen to the people of the world, who
are doing just that, right now.
Forget about the Yanks. If you don't like
their culture invading us, turn off your TV set
and Bet out your Eskimo carvings. The Yanks
won't invade us physically. Unless they have
to. and there's not much we could do about
that,
If you cant afford your mortgage increase,
you were probably over-extended in the first
place. Get rid of that monster, with its
swimming pool and rec, room and pitch a
tent. Preferably in the local cemetery, to suit
your mood.
Pull in your belts. Dump that extra car, the
boat and the cottage. If you look at it
objectively, they're just a big pain in the arm
anyway.
Walk to work. Take a bus to the city instead
of your gas -gobbler plus parking fees. Learn
to do your own elementary plumbing and
electric work at night school.
Ladies. Get the knitting needles out and
make lots of shawls, sweaters, scarves and
wool socks. You did it for the troops overseas.
And godawful itchy and ill fitting some of
them were, but they kept us warm.
Stop spoiling your children with allow-
ances. Let them earn their own money
through odd jobs, or do without.
Let's stop grumbling, and get back to a
spartan, rewarding life, where ideas are more
important than physical comfort. After you,
he said.
Wellington students
(Continued from page AI)
SMILE AT US
"And when you walk down the street
strangers greet us with a smile. You wouldn't
get that in Guelph," added Cindy Chung.
Another thing the girls have noticed is the
way they're treated when they go home for a
weekend.
"My parents treat me differently now I've
been away from home. I have so much more
freedom now," said Cindy Neustead.
"My parents are so nice to me now on
weekends," added Cindy Chung.
Admittedly it's 'been tough, but the girls
agree it's been good fun too.
"Everybody has been so good to us," they
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