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tu a20 tribune december 3 1986 cai7y the york region roman catholic separate school board leconseildes ecoles separees catholiques de la region de york what was said in the newmarket era of november 26 1986 marshall jarvis president of the york unit of ontario english catho lic teachers association was quoted as saying money is not the problem here staffing is the board is not addressing staffing concerns and working conditions the newspaper article went on to state that jarvis blamed the failure of last weeks mediation on the boards unwillingness to reduce class size the facts 1 article 1508 d of the collective agreement deals with the systemwide pupilteacher ratio the york region roman catholic separate school board has agreed to reduce the pupilteacher ratio to the very number proposed by the teachers negotiating com mittee 2 article 1508 a deals with the allocation of teaching staff to grades 1 to 8 based on a ratio of so many students to 1 teacher the board has agreed to reduce this ratio to the very number proposed by the teachers negotiating committee 3 article 1508 b deals with the allocation of teaching staff to junior and senior kindergarten based on a ratio of so many students to 1 teacher the board has agreed to reduce this ratio to the very number proposed by the teachers negotiating committee 4 article 1508 c deals with the allocation of teaching staff to the secondary schools based on a ratio of so many students to 1 teacher the board has agreed to reduce this ratio to the very number proposed by the teachers negotiating committee 5 the board has proposed introducing into the collective agreement a new article 1508 e dealing with the max imum class sizes in junior and senior kindergartens in grades 1 to 8 and in secondary schools the boards negotiating committee has been led to be lieve that the numbers proposed in the said article would be acceptable to the teachers negotiating committee 6 in its submission to the fact finder the board indicated its preparedness to meet the substantial increases in staff proposed by the teachers negotiating committee under articles 1 508 a b c and d but stated that it could not afford to simultaneously increase staff to that extent and grant the substantial increase in wages being sought by the teachers 7 the board did not agree to the teachers final position on wage increases conclusion the board has addressed staffing concerns and working conditions staffing is not the problem here the york region roman catholic separate school board school celebrates 800000 renovation project to celebrate completion of an 800000 renova tion project at uxbridge public school an open house and ceremony was held nov 27 here mpp ross stevenson second from right presents a provincial plaque to principal richard hannai on the left is trustee heather beveridge and on the right durham board of education chairper son ruth lafarga chris shanahan trustee presents painting to parents club trustee heather beveridge left presents a school parents club it will hang in the newly painting to betty bignelli of the uxbridge public renovated building chris shanahan editors mail an agnostic society dear editor the proposed opening of cer tain stores on sunday destroys even further the belief that this day should be one of rest and meditation according to our rights and religion already we have many thousands of people working on sundays to satisfy the travelling needs of the public convenience stores are open so one can buy a bottle of aspirin a loaf of bread or a jug of milk so why is it necessary to dilute still further the meaning of sunday the main reason for this desire for opening on the sabbath by much of the business community a perfect catch for christmas youve heard about them youve seen them on tv and they are finally here just in time for christmas fish ties the perfect gift for someone who has cverylhing fish ties are made in canada and available in tuna trout salmon pike muskie or pickerel for only 2999 dressed up with conservative navy blue suits we suggest the salmon model with gray suits the rainbow trout and tor weekend partying theres always the yellow blue and black designer tuna the christmas gift store markville sc 4776100 is to increase business if a store or supermarket is open seven days instead of six sales will increase and so presum ably will profits its hard to be lieve that a manager of a chain store would rather be in his work place than at home with his family business is not a philanthropic society whose sole object is the welfare of the community natur ally the consumer has to absorb the extra cost of labor which would be subject to time-and-a- half or doubletime on a sunday we hear so much the expression so and so does not apply to this day and age we twist the rules and conventions to suit ourselves especially in the field of religion to many certain aspects of the christian faith do not mean very much any more perhaps in a generation or two the rewritten bible will be minus the book of genesis there will be eight com mandments and an amended creed how can what has been consi dered wrong for many centuries be considered permissable we are fast becoming an agnostic society sincerely adam johnstone bh 1 stouffville carol service pine grove its an event not to be missed the annual pine grove carol service in pine grove united church the date is tuesday dec 9 at 8 pm special music for the occasion will be provided by trinity mens choir the van veghal family and soloist jean parrott the christmas message will be brought by rev michael locke pine grove united church is lo cated on the 6th cone of uxbridge township north of hwy 1a