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Agreement on salary levels and fringe benefits for the calendar year 1977 has been reached between the Waterloo county board of education and the Board's non-academic-staff associ- ation. The Life-skills class from the K-W Rotary Centre. enjoyed breaklast with Santa last Wednesday morning at Smitty's Pancake House in Westmount Plaza in Waterloo. The children were guests of Richard Rosers. the owner of the restaurant. Salary agreement is reach d The agreement provides the' 205 members of. the association with an 8% in- crease in salary over last year's levels. The Board ratified the agreement at its regular meeting Thurs- day (December 16). The agreement covers 11 salary levels. Those start- Clerical, secretarial, supervisory and general staff classifications are in- cluded in the association ing in level one will now re- ceive $5,307 ($4,904 last year), while those at the top of level 11 will receive $17,669 ($16,362 in 1976). The Board will continue to pay 90% of the costs of the fringe benef it program. The agreement was ratis fied by the association December M, and will be subject to approval from the Anti-Inflation Board. membership. Wat-rho mm, W, 9rretttr, 911.1631... "