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v c s tii ri pie jv 7vy- v ij v j- union patrickcasey staffwriter v the york region catholic school board and its teachers union will meet for the last time this year tomorrow at a markhafn hotel provinciallyappointed arbitrator ljoyd houldeh wont attend meinfdr- matidn meeting- but ontario english catholic teachers association district president ihorbaczynsky is hoping many outstanding issues can be resolved- before the arbitration meet ings j hopefully we can sit down with the board arid settle some of thethings we shouldhave done long before now baczynsky said here is a perfect opportunity- for the7bbard to come through and treat the teachers properly and get some of the issues off the table before the end of the year maybe they will even surprise us and put ah entire offer on the tablevt he said if its anything but a long meeting iwill be disappointed houlden has scheduled jan 7 11 and 12 to listen to arguments frorrithe twosides on- a clausebyclause basis and make binding rulings on any mon etary or nonmonetary issues the par- ties cannot settle themselves new board chairperson elizabeth crowesaid their negotiating team has been busy reviewing its financial pic ture since houlden was appointed in lateoctober although she anticipated substan- tial progress can be made before januarys three bargaining dates crowe didnt indicate a new offer was coming theboard has gone over the min utes othe previous meetings to deter mine whats been signed off and what is still outstanding said the stouffyille- auroraking trustee we are ready to come to discuss the key issuer obviously the major- areas remaining are salary increases that- have been requested and the issue of workload- once januarys three days of bar gaining begin houlden must keep in mind new requirements from the ministry of education for instructional time and classsize standards 1300 minutes a week and an average class size of 25 children for elementary teachers and 1250 minutes and 22stu- dents for high school teachers based on its interpretation of bill 160 the high school timetable intro- duced- this fall scheduled one extra classroom period for teachers but oectais demanding a return to three instructional periods a semester the union also seeking a65per cent salary increase over two years- ijust hope we can get through all- the clauses by the third day and get an agreement baczynsky said luckily idont believe the arbitra tor- is going to take any nonsense from the board in terms of stalling with their information there is no tolerance for nondis closure in the justice system and i think this board can be in for a surprise if they try id bury mforrhatiori rtheiegiorscatliblic teachers have beenwithout a contract sinceithe erid- 6f august and went oh strike on sept 8- only to be legislated back to work three weeks laterby education minister dave johnson rr economist siin7 stouffville tdlftdlul 1998all i i i delivering the news that matters most to your community economist sun- stouffville tnbune 5 9052942200 9056402100 y