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) : Yh ovo cy 2 V3 {1710 ¢ "8 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, July 9, 1991 AAA AMC EEN IRR LF TALI "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice Board of Education settles several contracts The Durham Board of Educa- tign reached contract agree- ments with its various unions recently, The Board and its C.U.P.E. Local 218 clerical workers reached a basis for settlement in early June. The two-year agreement is effective July 1, 1991 to June 30, 1993. Under the terms of the deal, hourly rates will be increased by six per cent in the first year and 5.5 per cent in the second year. In addition, some hourly rates will be further increased by up to five cents in each of The dental plan will move to the 1990 Ontario Dental Asso- ciation fee schedule effective the first day of the second month following ratification and to the 1991 fee schedule ef- fective July 1, 1992. The Board's contribution to the medical/dental plan will be in- creased from 85% to 90% in the second year of the agreement. The settlement represents an increased cost to the board of $490,337, or 5.87% in the first year, and $489,886, or 5.54% in the second year. The contract was ratified by 19, and by the Board on June 24 The Board also ratified its first agreement with its Onta- rio Secondary School Teachers' Federation, District 17, Occa- sional teachers. The agreement which takes effect immediately, covers the period to the end of December 31, 1992. The daily rate for occasional teachers will be $128 effective January 1, 1991, and $140 ef- fective January 1, 1992. After teaching 21 consecutive days in the same position the teach- the two years. the clerical workers on June er will be placed on the secon- - Teens in Scugog are feeling slighted over the lack of events for their age group during this years Festival Days, and | personally cannot lame them. The teens are without a teen tent this year, which in itself cuts down on the things this age roup can do. Here the teens could meet their riends and get together with those that they do not see during the summer break. Sure there is a street dance planned for this age group, but it wasn't that long ago since | was a teenager and | see why many do not like this idea. Dancing in the street, with eyes peer- ing over them waiting for them to make a wrong move does not sound that appealing. Many | am sure will find it a little embarrass- ing dancing with their girlfriend/boyfriend know- ing that at any minute their parents or grandpar- ents may walk by, or even worse their older sibling may come by for a few moments of teas- ing. It could stunt them out of two years growth. The main thing that bothers me about this whole situation is | just do not understand the reasoning behind it. We all know the teens' record at dances hasn't been exemplary, but at least when there was a problem it wasn't hard to locate them and stop it. | do not feel inviting hundreds of teens to the middle of the town to get together a real solu- tion. Residents are constantly complaining about all the teens "let loose" to run on the streets. Well this is exactly where they will be during the upcoming weekend, because they simply have nowhere else to go. We adults can spend our evenings at the fes- tival tents, or dances, the youngsters can erjoy rides, and games, the teens tend to have been overlooked or forgotten, and they are probably the age group that will be in highest attendance at Festival Days. At least last year the teens had their own tent, and if there was to be any trouble, it was not hard to find. With no activities, no central meeting ground, | think trouble is more likely to happen. Idle hands always find something to 0. If residents, and organizers are concerned about problems at dances in a building or tent, what exactly is their plan to supervise an out- door event? I think a tent, or building would benefit the Back Talk times | have actually arrived on the scene be- fore the fire trucks or ambulance because a fools who refuse to pull over. | hope it isn't a family member of theirs that the emergency crews are en route to help, because due to them, it may be too late. partment and police is an example that needs to be followed by all who travel the highways. moved aside making a stretch down the middle for the vehicles to get through. kind of event should not be a surprise, it should be routine. Most of the cars have drivers that know wherever oy are heading to is not as im- portant as where t to. who probably only pulled over because the could not get through anyway, they were al- ready inconvenienced. vehicles won't move next time there are flashing lights coming toward them. Next time they won't be sitting on a congested causeway with no- where else to move. cause they are not witnessing the accident, or injury the emergency vehicles are on their way to a similar scenario....so for lack of a nicer way to say it ......get your car out of their way. teens, and make them feel like they have some rights, and it would sure benefit the residents who would be sure to be complaining about their presence in all the other parts of town. Lid | expressed my annoyance once before about inconsiderate drivers who follow the emergency vehicles closely or simply do not pull off the road when an emergency vehicle is approaching. Being a reporter | am often seen tailing a fire truck, or ambulance to a scene. The difference, I follow several car lengths behind, and | get out of the way if the emergency crews are behind me. One astonishing thing is there have been mile back in my rear view mirror there is a glow of red lights that cannot catch up due to several An accident that occurred on the causeway last weekend that required ambulance, fire de- When the emergency crews arrived the traffic My first reaction was it was about time. This e emergency crews are off The problem is there are still a few drivers It is hard to believe but some of those same These people need to realize that just be- For Better or For Worse® NOTA INO! YoU ARE NOT GOING TO WORK NTT ROL 6 ( dary teachers' salary grid, ret- roactive to the first day of their assignment. Benefits on a 50/50 shared cost basis will be offered to oc- cassional teachers who have worked for the board at 90 full- time equivalent days in the prior school year, effective Sep- tember 1, 1991. These will in- clude Group Life and Acciden- tal Death and Dismemberment coverage of $30,000 and some medical and dental options. Other terms of the agreement include bereavement leaves, robationary periods and sick eave benefits. The contract represents an increased cost to the Board of $72,776 or 5.36% in the first year, and $89,814 or 6.2% in the second year. Also ratified was a one-year agreement with the Ontario Public School Teachers' Feder- ation, Durham District, and the Durham Women Teachers' Association. The agreement provides for parity with Dur- ham secondary teachers and is. in effect from September 1 of this year, until August 31, 1992. Effective September 1, 1991, the basic salary schedule, as well as salaries for principals, vice-principals, and consul- tants, will be increased by the National C.P.1, for June 1991, over June 1990, plus 0.5 per cent. The total salary increase is to be no more than seven per cent, but no less than five per cent. Also effective the same date, the Special Education allow- ance for teachers assigned to Special Education programs "im qualify, will be increased by $25 to $665, and the allow- ance for one recognized post- baccalaureate degree at the Masters level or above will be increased by $25 to $925. The allowance for a second degree will be increased by $20 to $580. The Board will assume 90 per cent of the premium rates for Group Life Insurance, in- cluding Accidental Death and Dismemberment, and Medical/ Dental coverage, effective Sep- tember 1, 1991. Effective Janu- ary 1, 1992, the 1991 Ontario Dental Association fee sched- ule will come into effect. No additional staff will be provided for the 1991/1992 school year, but effective Sep- tember 1, 1992, preparation time for the teachers will be in- creased to an average of 160 minutes every six-day cycle. This agreement affects 2,282 staff members and was ratified by the teachers on June 20, and by the Board on June 24. 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