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Richmond teachers still without contract SECTIONS • PAGE S • PLAIN DEALER-HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 19*5 By Mark Smith Herald News Service Approximately 100 parents, teachers and concerned citizens braved bad weather early this week to attend the meeting organized by a group of citizens to inform the public on the state of the contract talks at the Rich­ mond Grade School. According to its organizers, the meeting was called' to provide a forum where the school board and teachers' union could provide factual information to the public clear up some of the miscon­ ceptions in the community. "»e meeting was to be very structured with (me represen­ tative from each side having 10 minutes to make a presentation. The representatives were not to be allowed to hear each others' presentations and no questions would be taken from the floor. . While both groups were contacted and asked to send a representative, the Richmond Grade School Board declined to send a representative. Ac­ cording to the board's spokesman, Superintendent Robert Leli, the board declined to send a representative because "the board will not'negotiate in public." Linda Aavang, who is a teacher at the school, was on hand to speak on behalf of the Richmond Classroom Teachers' Association. Aavang began by giving some background in­ formation on the Collective Bargaining Law and the negotiations to date. According to Aavang, the teachers' original 1984-85 proposal contained 27 articles. Fourteen articles have been tentatively approved to date, 11 of which are required by law. Of the remaining 13, eight have been dropped by the teachers, which leaves five still to be negotiated. Aavang said the five still being negotiated are: of contract, personnel files, insurance, pay for extra­ curricular duties and salaries. According to the teachers' negotiators, the teachers are Elderly offered tax •* * 8 Elderly taxpayers can receive help locally with a free Tax- Aide-Tax Counseling service, sponsored by the American Association of Retired Persons. Volunteer tax counselors, trained by the Internal Revenue Service, will help persons 60 Irs old or older from various >ns through April 10. Local sites, and numbers and hours of are as follows: phone service -McHenry Library, 1011 N. Green St., McHenry, (815) 455- 2157; 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Thursdays. -Crystal Lake Plaza, Crystal Lake, (815) 455-2157, by ap­ pointment only. --Wauconda Community Center, 505 Bonner Road, Wauconda, (312) 520-2631; 1 to 4 p.m. Fridays. -Fox River Grove Community Center, Fox River Grove, (815) 4 p.m. Tuesdays -Round Lake Heights Senior Center, 916 W. Rollins Road, Round Lake Heights, (312) 546- 0056; 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Fridays. Tax-Aide counselors are certified to offer confidential tax consultation to seniors, to help them understand the various forms and special exemptions available to older citizens. FIRST INSTITUTE OF TRAVEL PROFESSIONAL TRAVEL INDUSTRY TRAINING CLASSES START MARCH 11 • 15-weekoourse • Day & evening classes • Over 170 hours of in-depth training - • Hands on computer facilif •I CdMatiM #f tht PfMHM RlM 31 E. Crystal Lake Ave. Crystal Lake, IL 60014 (815)459 3500 Iftfti Agencies seeking a one year contract only. They want to be able to work on adding the articles that to help year,in next salaries, the seeking a salary board. were negotiations year's contract. In the area of teachers are retroactive, 7.6 increase across "Our average teacher earns approximately $19,000 and has 12 years of experience in our district, Aavang said. "The raise on average would be ap­ proximately $1,450 per teacher." Aavang concluded by that negotiations have ongoing since May 28, 1984 and that the teachers ieel they have "exhausted mediation." "We feel the best way to conclude negotiations would be to ask the board for its best and final offer for 1984-85," Aavang said. "Therefore, we have sent a letter to the school board president requesting this offer." In the letter reportedly mailed Feb. 9, the teachers' association requested that the boSrd submit its final offer within five days of its next full board meeting. The association then plans to have its members vote on the offer. When contacted after the meeting, Leli declined to comment on any of the in­ formation presented by teachers, again saying that "the board will not negotiate in public." He did say that as of Monday night, he was not aware of anyone on the board having received a letter from the teachers requesting the final offer. Hie board had requested that a negotiation session be held Wednesday night. 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