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The Canadien Champion, Fniday. February 12, 1999 - 5 Students fiee sehool strife Registration will start Monday for as large group il'Ctholic tu dents planning rnid-year transters to Halton's public high schools. "We've already hari more than 100 students looking to register in our schools and only haîf of the principals' reports are in," Dusty Papke told Halton District School Board trustees Wednesday. TMe education director said the Monday registrations wilI allow preparation time and a chance to monitor progress of Catholic board labour talks. The Halton Catholic District School Board and secondary teachers have scheduled media- tion taîka through the weekend. The Catholic board Iocked out the teachers Wednesday, closing Photo by RON KUZYK Union head Jo. Pece addresses Halton Cathollc teachers atter the lockout. Negotiations go on under a blackout its high ochools to students. Thec pr ov ince rcqit ire s opeti ac.cess 10 high schools, Mr. Papke told Wednesday's commitîce of the whole meeting. Winl hire "We're required to accept al students and tbey're going to have a significant impact on us witb the transfers," he noted. Mr. Papke believes some stu- dents intend to transfer perma- nently to the public board. Prior to the lockout, Catholic high school students had gone without extracumrcular activities since the school year started. "The bottom line is we will have to hire teachers," said Mr. Papke. "We're trying to avoid changing existing classes." Top 10 Canadiasi Eqtuty Funds (with assets greater 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year .10 Yeaj than $750 million) By TIM WHITNELL Special to The Champion A media blackout has been imposed as the two aides in the Halton Catholic District School Board labour dispute oesumed negotiations. Taîks involving the union representa- tives for the region's 365 high school teachers and the school board continued face-to-face Thursday momning, juat one day after the board locked out its instruc- tors and gave 6,300 Catholic students an unscheduled and indefinite holiday. Members of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association and the board's negotiating teamn met with a newly-appointed mediator for four boums Wednesday night and again Thursday. Deputy Minister of Labour Tony Dean was also present. School board trustees had voted unani- mously Monday to lock teachers out. The resolution camne soon after teachers voted 99.4 per cent to reject the board's latest contract offer, one that included one per cent pay raises in September 1999, 'I February 2000 and February 2001. Subsequently, board Chair Jiru Sherlock informed the teachers' union that it had until 4:30 p.m. Tuesday 10 "lift ail partial sanctions" for the second semester - namely, refusing to engage in extra-curric- ular activities like offering after-school academric couniselling or supervising stu- dent clubs or sports teams - or teachers would be locked out. While the two sides met once again Thursday momning, teachers were out in front of the board offices with picket signa beginning late Wednesday momning. Earlier that day, Halton's locked out Catholic high school teachers met in Burlington 10 be briefed by their local president, Joe Pece, and their provincial union ptesident, Marshall Jarvis. Teachers were told they wili receive $50 per day in lockout pay and that the union bas anranged for ail of their benefits to be covered, if the board doesn't do so. 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