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12- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, September 22, 1998 "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Frustration mounts as se From page 1 load, saying they won't be able to do their jobs properly if the time requirements insisted upon by the government are imposed. included: 0 Having teachers teach 13 classes out of 16 over two years, as com- pared to the initial requirement that they teach 14 out of 16; same salary level and benefits in the first year of the two-year contract, with a salary increase of 1 per cent in the second year; Jcomplying with the average class size of 22 students per class, and arestructuring posi- tions of responsibility to conform to provincial funding. The board asked for a 18). That deadline elapsed without a response from the teach- ers' union. Meanwhile, trustees with the public school board were to discuss parate, public school talks fail night after talks broke off unexpectedly Sunday afternoon. That board had also put an offer on the table, and chair Ruth Anne Schedlich said they were disappointed when It was rejected. "We put out an offer yesterday which we thought we could get an The offer to teachers J maintaining the provincial mandate of an response by Friday (Sept. what action to take last -- agreement on," she said || DL or Monday. "We're extreme- 1 LL eT ly disappointed." Oud | The breakdown in i O=>- talks: means there's no ! QOL real end in sight for the | =I public school teachers' | TTL | strike, which began in I jee | late August. There have been no high school class- es in Durham this school year. Trustees were to dis- cuss what steps to take | YOUR ONTARIO PONTIAC*BUICK+GMC DEALERS | HAVE 6,356 1998 VEHICLES AVAILABLE NOW** n | 365 DAYS A YEAR next, and that could 0 hs 5 include asking : /0 SR province to enter the fray, | said Mrs. Schedlich. : Scugog trustee Bobbie Drew agreed that a request for legislation { may be a "possibility" for f the board now. i "I'm really disappoint- i ed after 26 days of bar- i 5 gaining" to have no agree- il ment, said Mrs. Drew, a member of the board's i of i negotiating committee. : el S "We thought (the board's : offer) would be a basis a for agreement." ; a Pat Jermey, president | = : of Local 13 of the Ontario 1 | | Fi Secondary School i a 8 ; Teachers Federation I | B (OSSTF), said talks i or failed because the board did not table a two-year i GMC SAFARI deal for the union to con- i THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THE FAMILY EVEN sider. : FINANCING UP To THOUGH WE'VE PACKED THE SAFARI WITH ITS BEST boas, chink that Lhe i : LEASE RATE OF THE YEAR. IT'S ALSO LOADED WITH... oards approach to bar- ; DEEP TINTED GLASS, AM/FM STEREO CASSETTE, gaining less than a full 5 POWER DOOR LOCKS. two-year deal as mandat- 190 HP Vortec V6 engine, 4-speed automatic transmission, ed by il loo 18 flawed, | 4-wheel ABS, air conditioning, 8 passenger seating. she said. 1Us a stop-gap measure that will only SMARTLEASE delay the job of protecting MONTHS : * a month/ programs and staffing 36 months/ S $3.900 down payment/ $870 freight required levels in our schools." NO SECURITY DEPOSIT LLY Earl Manners, provin- cial president of OSSTF and chief negotiator in Durham, said the board here has the money to secure a deal with teach- ers, but is holding back. "Other boards with ALSO AVAILABLE, GREAT SmartLease RATES... SOME AS LOW AS 1.9". 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