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Ere Newmarket A vara Wed- Jan STUDENTS STUDY AT MUSEUM r I I from grades five and six at Rogers Public School in took their classes Jan at the Ontario Above Mrs Marilyn Jenkins a teacher with the museums education services instructs the class in the Arctic Animals Gallery on the third floor of the museum Public school board sets Look What fa M pay increases at six per cent AURORA Salary increases in York Region school boards ft budget will be held to six per cent trustees decided here last The six per cent will cover the unnegotiated portions of salary budgets for all employee groups the board agreed in accepting a staff recommendation In the case of teachers pay the boards largest single salary category ac ceptance of the recom mendation means the September to December portion of the contract will be budgeted at six per cent including annual increment Scheduled to be presented during a special budget session here Feb the draft budget will also identify possible savings in ad ministrative costs by combining some small schools into satelite operations of larger facilities Trustees also agreed to a staff study on varying school starting times from 840am to 915 am in an effort to reduce busing costs Education director Sam Chapman warned trustees it will take political courage to approve the changes since the earlier starling hours will draw plenty of opposition from parents Under the guidelines to be used in preparing the draft budget schools will receive a larger share for equipment purchases through a contingency fund Last year the equipment purchase budget was cut back per cent to the total subsidized by the province Principals are finding this an almost impossible guideline noted King trustee Margaret Co burn While the grants for an average secondary school generate about 10000 staff reported the same school needs an equipment budget of The said Mr Chapman will be used as a region wide pool to supplement provincial funds A total of guide lines were accepted by trustees during a special threehour budget meeting here last Wed nesday night Among them is one which will result in the decrease in secondary school student teacher ratio effective Sep tember reducing the six per cent increase allowed in the first draft Don Nixon president of Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation District 11 and chairman of the district negotiations committee had earlier said the move forces teachers to pay for im provements in working conditions A teacher at District High School Mr Nixon said establishment of any budget figure for teachers salaries restricts negotiations Once they get figures in front of them its much more difficult to change he noted While the board has struck a budget figure prior to completion of negotiations the teachers have in some past contract talks gained a higher settlement than the budget allowed the OSSTF district president admitted Secondary school teachers board to start salary talks in February AURORA- Contract talks between the York Region public school board and District of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation should be underway by the end of February according to District president Don Nixon Mr Nixon who also heads the teachers negotiating team said the federation will send a letter to the board this week asking for a start to negotiations Under provincial legislation the board must hold a negotiating session within days The boards negotiations team is expected to be formed this week board chair man Craig Cribar said Friday Named late last year the teachers team in addition to Mr Nixon includes Stewart Cole and Rick Gibhs from Dr G W Williams Secondary School Chris Van Straten from Unionville and Stan Myers Principal at Wood- bridge High School Mr Myers becomes the first principal in recent memory to be named to the secondary school teachers negotiations team IAN 25 THRU SAT JAN 29 I For Those You Love LIVING COLOR 8x10 PORTRAIT Only 1 Compare At Children -Adults- Groups 1 Special of 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