The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

a nb PORT PERRY "WEEKEND STAR" FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2000 - § Skate-a-thon raises $3,290 --- Durham's secondary school teachers voted 1.5% raise By Rik Davie Special to the Star Durham Region's 1,200 public secondary school teachers are getting a raise. The Durham District School Board has voted them a 1.5 per cent pay increase, retroactive to the first of February, 2000. Trustees passed the motion in a closed-door session Feb. 21 after being told by board staff that savings in the current budget had been realized in several areas, and that able. Durham high school teachers have not had a raise in more than eight years, and have been at odds with the Durham most of the province for some time and the funds were simply not available in the salary areas to grant this previously," said Mr. Trbovich. "But thanks to savings we have realized in teach- ers' benefits areas of the budget, it now is." Mr. Trbovich said that the raise, and its retroac- tive payment, will cost the board $700,000 this bud- get year and $1.4 million a year after that. Superintendent for becoming available. "This is a gesture of fairness to our teachers," said Mr. Burch. "It is the means by which we hope to bring them into line with our elementary staff, and bring them into line with - the rest of the province." Mr. Trbovich said the move is a partial vindica- tion of the board's posi- tion that funds for salary increases were previously unavailable. "We had said previous- ly that if and when we had it (funds) they would get it (the raise). We have it, so h employee relations Craig they got it." ~ funds for the long-awaited pyrch "said the raise is Local Ontario wage increase were avail- gi h)y the result of funds Secondary School Teachers Federation pres- ident Shelley Paige was unavailable for comment. Ne} yiYelef=Teol {fale ST board over increased teaching time and salary levels. The labour strife has seen teacher involve- ment in extracurricular activities at almost every . level in Durham sec- ondary schools cease. According to board superintendent for finance Ron Trbovich, the raise was long overdue. REGISTRATION CHRIS HALL/PORT PERRY STAR * KARATE - "TAI CHI - | 2juvinatior * CHI KUNG & MEDITATION - Stic More than $3,000 was raised for a second ice pad at the Scugog Arena recently when a skate-a-thon was held to raise funds for the project. Here, lit- tle Tyler Stephen, with Township Clerk Brenda Clark, received his cheque for $250 as the top pledge collector. He solicited more than $700 for the fundrais- er. Also making donations to the second ice pad were Mayor Doug Moffatt ($75) and Regional Councillor Ken Gadsden ($150), who finished second and third in pledge-collecting. They turned their prize money over to the project as well. Also making a presentation that day were students from Port Perry High School, who raised money through their OAC Business Administration class. « SWORD - (oF:1 | I OF:14,1Y On hand were Bobbi-Jo Keeler, with the cheque, Jason Cruickshank, Kirsten Smith, Cindy Stone and Leanne Davison. 99 pkgs 5 89 360 cc a2 "The teachers have been at a level lower than (905) 985-0205 Brought to you by: Compton Communications 985-8171 Caldum Carbonate A.S.A Tabs Vit. D Tabs Stanley Brand (U.S.P) 69 100s 89 500 mg 325g Sinus Medication Ricola Swiss Cough Suppresant Non-Drowsy Tabs Herbal Cough Drops | "= 89 |% "P99 ao 24's 75 mg VianinG 1A Centrum Forte | srnwale Tabs | 0 5 | patie " 99 or Sane | 00's 250 mg 100s CoppertoneKids | Polysporin | Kleenex Ultra 6 hr. Waterproof First Aid Gel or Ointment 3 ply Facial Tissue . 5" PES% [89 JH : Orr 15g 144s -- MSR Ultra Sim Fast Bars Solo Care Children's Tylenol www.powergate.ca Meal Replacement Allin one solution Elixir