PAGE 6.WEDNESDAY.NOVEMBER 13, 1985,WHITBY 1FRbbPRESSb Teachers agree to 4.3 percent wage hike By JAN DODGE Free Press Staff Contracts ratified on the eve of municipal elections wili cost the Durham Board of Education an additional $3.9 millinn for elernen- tary teachers and $128,000 for classroom assistants. Elementary teachers will receive a 4.3 per- cent retroactive in- SEAFOOD Guaante me suc- cess of your next get- together. We serve a variety of tasty dishes to any size group.> Just one cail and we'II deliver a doudcous meal, set t up, serve t and clean Up af telrwards if you wish, ail for one low, edoniomhica'l group rate price. PhonePZee for complete details and prices at hno obligation. 1017 DUNDAS ST. E, WHITIBY (Beside WIndmIlI Donuts and Dalry Queen) MON.SAT. il &.m. -.1il p..%0%à #,ý SUN. 11 &.m. -9 pan. 66633 4~ crease from Sept. i to Dec. 31, 1985, with an additional .29 percent from Jan. 1 to Aug. 31, 1986. The maximum salary will thén be $46,109 for maximum qualifica- tions and a minimum of 10 years experience; the minimum will be $20,943 for the least experien- ced and least qualified. Gov't policy set for AIDS in school kids if an Ontario schoolchiid contracta; Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) the ministers of Health and Education have a policy in place. Murray Elston and Sean Conway have issued a joint statement saying the medical of- ficer of health, to whom every case of AIDS is reported, wouid assess the case and decide whether the child could safeiy attend school. The medical officer of health would monitor the child's condition, and continue to assess appropriate placement. In the event the child couid not attend school, the education authority would mnake other arrangements for the child's education. The two ministers take the position that "based on current evidence casual person- to-person contact as would appear among schoolchildren appears to pose no risk. " FRUED CHIOKEN Principals and vice principals also gained the same percentage in- crease. D.E.T.A. (Durham Eiementary Teachers Association) represen- ted both the Ontario Public School Teachers' Federation, a predominently maie group, and the Federation of Women Teacher's Associations of Ontario in bargaining. This settiemnent has narrowed the gap with secondary teachers by $99. The greatest dif- ference still remaining is $3M6. Although both groups had parity in 1981, vice chairman Ian Brown said elemnentary teachers fell behind when wage restraints followed elementary teachers' opting for a two-year contract. Classroom assistants, as a resuit of a two-year agreement will have a $1.3-per-hour increase, retroactive to Sept. 1, 1985 and expiring in Aug. 31, 1987. RIGHT TO LIFE The Durham Region Right to Life Association wili hoid their next meeting Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Whitby Municipal Building, 575 Rossiand Rd. E. Ail members are urged to attend. The Faon Centre 668-452 Women's shelter to get emergency aid Durham regions probiems that plagu( homeless, just a the women whomn thE statistic for most, have shelter serves. faces for the staff of the , "We get single womner Oshawa IY.W.C.A.'s who are working, sol( emergency shelter for support mothers an' womnen. women on welfare. It'i The hostel, which no longer just b4, provides temPOrarY ladies. As long as theii housing to transient incomes are 10w women and their depen- womnen are havini dents is experiencing problems ' findini such demand for its housing," said a hoste facilities, that it's had to worker who preferre( turn to the Region Of not to be named. Durham in order to keep With the stiff con ita doors open. petition for rentai units The regioni's annuai brought on by o percer grant of approximately vacancy rates, landlor $80,000 was supposed to cis can afford to b, see Uic shelter through choosy. Often tha until next March. In means staying awa: eariy October, the from prospective tenar executive director of the ta with low incomes0 sheiter, Susan Neai, families. fired off a warning to A big part of the Y' Durham's com- service consists missioner of social ser- referraîs. Clients ar vices Doug Johns that routineîy sent to sign u the hostel's resources with Ontario Housing( were nearing depletion. apply for whatevE Due to the unusuallY social assistance high numbers of women availabie. The waitir staying at the shelter, lista for subsidizE the Y spent $57,000 in the housing are ionj first five months Of its however, and not al 85-8e fiscal year. the women qualify. the shelter -- generaily less than a week -- the women spend most of their time answering rentai ads and beating the pavement. Shelter of some sort is usuaily found before they have to vacate their bed for the next transient. Not in- frequently, however, it's a floor in a friend's bouse or another hostel which wili let them stay just a littie longer. [i le in ýs Ig r Ng ig ed 1n- tr, mt )r- lat ay in- is of Ire 'p or ïer is ing of the shelter's director estimated that another $57,000 would be needed for the sheiter to remain open tiil April. Last' week, at its regular council meeting, the region came through with the needed cash. While the emergoency dollars have helped stave off the, shelter~s immediate crisis, there is no end in sight for the long-term housing SPECIAL FEATURE ITEM BUTANE LIGHTERS YOUR CHOICE $14115or2l'2501) a \TE