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Board takes dim view of time off for teacher It appears relations bet ween Halton Board of Education and various teachers groups may be changing since teacher won a 33 per cent wage hike costing million last June A request by the Halton Elementary Teacher s Association for hair days off for their president during the next four months wasn received en thuslasttcally at Thursdays board meeting Director of Education rumors on Lavender told the board wants half time off for Its president Carol a Burlington teacher jo she can carry out association business He pointed out the entire cost of her salary for the lime the HETA president in the classroom will be paid by Lavender noted the half time off Is for the period September to December and HETA says it may need an extension The Director of Education reminded the board that the president or the Halton Secondary School Teacher Federation has the same type of privilege Trustee Bill Herd said that while It may not be a direct financial loss to the board having a teacher out of the classroom half the time was still a loss While this person is off work half days she will not be working in the In of the board but in the interest of the membership he complained Herd said Ik was against granting the request Trustee Doug Wood said he could appreciate the concern of some of the trustees about letting highly paid teachers work only naif time but noted Where does this kind of thing Rather than expand this practise we should consider stopping It Trustee Tom Watson suggested Trustee Richard said that the board has never gained anything from letting teacher organizations leaders have time off This is sup posed to be for public relations but I don t see how this ever hplped us Things have changed now and I think it is time we changed he staled Goodin noted has very well paid teachers since the lasl contract was settled and that they should be in the classroom By having the president working only half days she would be helping In salary negotiations and not helping the board at oil he noted Trustees Crozler and Bill had the item tabled until when the board will thoroughly discuss request Policy for surplus teachers Board of Education has come up with formula which will be used to trim back the number of teachers employed by the board should the birth rate ever and a surplus of teachers In is created Teachers who weren I needed at one school would fill vacancies at one that did need teachers When all positions were filled the rest would have their contracts terminated Director or Education Emerson Lavender said toe In a position to have to let teachers go for at least five years and maybe never Teachers whose contracts were terminated would be let go on the basis of the fewir years experience in the greater the chance of contract termination law in effect The Acton Free Press Wed August 1975 Despite generous grants board rejects program Despite a favorable climate for generous provincial grants Board Superintendent of operations John ham suggested the board press ahead and hire spe cial remedial read tea while the Mln siry of I ducation h offering grants for read pro grams He urged he hoard not to wail for report which is being complied on he need for special remedial reading courses Many board members ere reluctant lo proceed with the program until they know what needs in the way of remedial read courses Some trustees ought the board might not be able to continue the program if Queen Pork cut back on the grants and they were worried about having lo continue the expensive courses generous Trustee chard Gooding said there was definitely a need for extra reading train ing for many students be cause the rcidii level of most pupils in high He opposed lo the spe cial program because he thought highly paid teach should be to work with dents wl don read as well as they should ifter school on Four buses cut in Esquesing The number of school buses or Education Thursday used In this year Superintendent of Business has been cut from to 13 it and Finance Bruce was revealed at Board told the meeting that rescheduling buses In meant there will only be on 4 cost Increase In costs for busing operations in that area Instead of 15 per cent He noted the rescheduling and cutback of four buses meant some schools will have new starting times explained Lime house and Speysido schools will start each day at a m and school al8 Classes will begin at school at 10 MONSTER WITH long tail two eyes and long beak lurks in the Robert little school corridors When it gets installed outside it 11 turn into a new slide Night schoolteachers make 14 an hour Night school teachers In got a raise at Thurs day meeting or Halton Board of Education Instructors holding teach ing certificates who are under contract with the Halton Board of Education will receive an hour an in urease of an hour over last year Night school teachers in this have received in wage boosts since Certified teachers who are not under contract with the Board of Education will receive an hour including vacation pay while uncertified teachers will be paid cents an hour Uncertified teachers were paid an hour last year and Daxykms granted leave A leave of absence was granted Thursday by Halton Board of Education for Ha I IonBurlington Progressive Conservative candidate Gary who is principal at MZ Bennett school Acton was given a temporary leave of absence from September to New department head There will be a new Chairman of Communications when Acton high school resumes operations next month Clare Henderson who works for trie Board of Education at Queen Elizabeth Park School was promoted to the position at Acton High School at Thursdays board meeting At tht same meeting the board accepted the resignations of two Acton elementary school teachers Both Carol Campbell who taught at Bennett and Robert Little school teacher Gardner are leaving the board an hour In The new pay rales in arc the same as Ihc proposed rates In Peel Region and Metro Toronto The raise for Hal tons night school teachers means they will make an hour more than Hamilton night school instructors Superintendent of Program John Boich said some night school teachers work as many as four hours a week Home Instruction teachers also received a raise at the same meeting Elementary home in school teachers will receive an hour more than last year and secondary school teachers who teach sick students in their home will be paid an hour also a rate increase In addition home in struction teachers will receive normal board mileage rates for the first time Trustee Richard Goodin said staff should be congratulated for finding ways to keep increased costs to a minimum and methods of conserving energy pointed out cost of the busing program has gone up to IS per cent but he lopes provincial grants will go up by the same amount A total of 1 pupils will be bused to Georgetown and Esquesing schools It will cost per doy to bus the students to Glen Williams Limchouse Spey side Centennial and George Ken nedy schools Sep tern tier the new school bus law goes into effect The law calls for vchi traffic to stop no matter what the posted speed limit whenever the drivers see the chrome yellow school bus flashing its alternating red lights front and rear Area bus company repre sentatives were asked about this new law and seemed to be in favor with most of It Ted Tyler Jr of Tyler Transport sold there Is vlr tuolly no difference Tram what Is now taking place He said the only difference is If a bus Is painted a different color other lhan yellow with black trim the bus musl the road and cannot use Ihe alternating flashing lights Bus 165 to Acton schools of Education announced Thursday that IGo students will be riding miles a day to Acton schools There arc four routes used lo take students to Robert Lit lie school and Bennett 75 to us students to each day At the same meet ni it was announced busing costs in will go up 14 to 15 per cent this year The board ex peels the Increased busing cosLs will be absorbed by comparable Ministry of Education grant increases Tyler said the color of the bus won t make people stop and experience proved It He says will just endanger children more The Tyler fleet of buses which used to be red and white has now been partially converted so the buses used regularly for transporting conform with the co lor standards of province The other buses will be used in on emergency If one of designated school buses is able to make the route The driver and children will just have to be more careful ler said He mentioned ordinary drivers arc not aware of Ihe s concerning buses and finds that of four times a day one of their buses is passed by cars while the alternating red lights are flashing Scoll thought he govern should spend some time Informing the common driver of the rules concerning school buses making It safer far the child ren riding them He is all for vehicular fie slopping both ways outside built up communities but 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