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The Acton Free Wednesday Aprils SS teacher strike horns A separate school teachers strike is looming Teachers carried signs saying Give us AIB guide- spring horixon lines Let settle soon Parity Thursday night about with public Give us placard carrying teachers the cost of living and Don t demeratratedrornaltanhour dictatenegotiate at Separate School Following the demon- Board headquarters on Drury while trustees were Lane Burlington in the board building Murphy Teachers protested the asked teachers to take their latest in a long series of con- signs home with them noting tract talk breakdowns they may need them again Negotiations for a soon This remark was contract have been limping greeted with chuckles SIX t3L Eduction Relations Cm SL SL Separate schools across revealed the vote on March 14 was per cent in Murphy said teachers favor of an official strike very happy with the vote He Informed the press way the board has been following the demonstration negotiating or In fact haven t j j negotiated They claim the Murphy claimed th board io including chief teachers to accept their offer and Hills improve it Trustee Hartley ta stalked out or a marathon the teachers less than six per bargaining session nise months day morning at a exhaustive bargaining Murphy declared He added Devlin and the board the has already said the assistant from their trustee teachers can have eight per federation for advising board cent and the teachers need officials to break talks nine per cent to have parity especially since teachers had with a public school a proposal on the table teachers Murphy pointed out Murphy said 189 school days planned for 7879 PLACARD CARRYING Separate School teachers demonstrated at the board s offices in Burlington Thursday night students will have 189 days of school next year if Halton Board of Education accepts the administrations planned 197870 calendar School would begin Sep tember and end June according to the plan Christmas holidays would be from December 23 to January and midwinter break from March 1923 Other vacations include Thanksgiving on October Good Friday April and Easter Monday April 16 and Victoria Day May 21 Pupils would not miss a day of school for Day November 11 since it Is on a Saturday this year Studentsswoiild also be off nine days when teachers have professional activity days Pupils school year start until September since September is for staff orientation November January March and June and ore also professional activity days for elementary teachers according to the administration proposal For north Oct and May 14 arc also profes sional activity days Besides September and January 26 high school teachers also have a number of other professional activity days January and ore professional development days In as arc June to 29 June to are professional activity days In nonsemestered schools Trustees were told the administration hopes the separate schools will have the same days of no school next year and the school calender has been kept as similar o this year as 1c Superintendent of Services Ron Chapman said professional activity days are Important for staff develop ment and directly effects students Trustee II Herd said since has a very ex per ienced and highly qualified staff the number of activity days should be reduced Because of years of Chairman Garry Morton said the answer to that was experience and qualifications simple Other boards are the board pays its teachers cheating on the number of S salaries days pupils must be in school Chapman said reduction in each year under Ihe Educa the number of days in lion Act the best interest of the system Trustee Judy Alexander said professional activity days should be grouped around school vacations She suggested having some of these days soon after vacations annoys parents Trustee Edna Robinson said with summer jobs scarce parents are upset because pupils get out later than any others In Ontario North Halton 8771211 School professional activity days may be cut from nine to six and year school At the moment Halton Board of Education Is Trustee Is nine days next year for bringing a motion to ihe next professional activities but mecUng this month an Oakville Bhnal Kllnty to te trustee will ask the board to rcdtCcd l0 year He trim the number to six taxpayers are concerned A few weeks ago the board with the number of days for current teacher action will ordered the administration to professional activity and the lead the Education Relations J els Im benefit ratio resultant loss In Instructional to a new s nee most of their time on those days is spent on school administrative work inflation is running at more P than nine per cent Commission to appoint a new mediator He claimed Miss He said after the next vote Devlin a Toronto lawyer teachers will try and appointed as mediator by the ate some more but warned Education Relations Com there will likely be a strike if mission back in December Ihe board doesn start was more concerned with her changing its stance personal business than with Tcachcr8 einer negotiations negotiated settlement or an He emphasized the picket arbitrated agreement The teachers behind him board refuses to send the out want a settlement not a standing issues to arbitration strike Murphy claimed examine the cost benefit ratio resultant loss in instructional of professional activity days time It the first time since the board spends so Clelland has suggested a much in teacher salaries ft is reduction in professional felt by some the board would activity days receive more benefit for these days If teachers were teach Superintendent of Children are off from tlon John Bolch said surveys school on professional in the past show parents days Thursday the board reviewed reports from the administration dealing with professional activity days Board equal to Region Lavender tells members Halton Education boards as subcommittees board official response to is equal In authority to operating under the region the Region Region and trustees and He said It Is necessary that Trustees d discuss some administrators alike want to all who read the draft of flclal of the other administration be sure the region under plan realize the school boards comments on the draft of stands that too have their own discreet and flclal plan with Trustee Ivan J Armstrong warning that the reviewed titles and are equally ac- board moke sure the Region countable to the voters doesn try and pass on responsibility for day cess care centres on to the board Part of the board Lavender were He said they should be added response says the Region endorsed by trustees without to schools only if the Region isn the supreme govern comment as part of the will pay the costs In Director of Education Em Lavender noted the Region draft official plan sets out goats and objectives for Halton and several of its ob jectives refer to education While the Halton Board supports the desire for nation of duplicated vices It does not intend to allow a possible standing of responsibilities to exist Lavender declared He said it is possible to infer from the draft official plan that its authors see Region government as ihe supreme governing authority in Lavender suggested the region may view other governing authorities like the public and separate school generally supportive professional days but they to know more about them He observed there is more and more public at tendance at professional act day seminars and workshops He said most are successful but admitted a few do bomb out despite careful plan High school teachers don reolly have professional activity days in the trad sense he noted Cleeland said he has tended high school profes sional activity days and professional development He said a time analysis just administration the of Bert said he professional activity days about will prove Interesting to teachers not showing up for trustees professional activity days or There is much confusion leaving early He suggested between professional activity attendance be taken by days and professional supervisors development days Director Bolch said principals are of Education Em Lavender responsible for making sure declared Many things take their teachers are working on place on professional activity a professional activity day das including professional since it Is like any other development but things such working day He said he has as reporting parents and heard no reports of abnormal administration also go on absenteeism Great Fun For One For All fat BOWL for BOWL far Health Acton Bowling Lanes Main St N The Terra You aca In count ad OPEN DAILY Eicop 12Noon Luncheon Served 12 3pm Dinner Snacks and Hotpots by the fireside IN The English Pub Each Day from 12Noon Try our home bacon and egg pi and on on ate 3RA OT oniAa 3T8AT Ml a3Aa 80000 CHICKEN PIZZA 29 MILL STREET EAST SPECIAL Of Ml SAVEjOO LAKEVIEW CENTRE Carpet and Fhomg Spaaakts Installers On Staff Wo Co RICHMOND CORONET VENTURE OZITE 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