Teachers
say board

ruled out
all their
proposals

FROM PAGE A1

minutes of a _ personnel
committee meeting.
However, the News learned
that it was at that meeting
where the teachers proposed
a two-day holiday,

Chairman Mark Sager told
the public meeting he
wanted the minutes “out on
the table,” because “I would
like this whole discussion to
have been public.”

However, the rest of the
board members said they
were not comfortable
dealing with issues brought
up in a confidential meeting.

“Both sides go into those
meetings thinking they are
confidential, we should not
change the ground rules
now.” said trustee Norm
Alban.

Sager argued un-
successfully that the board’s
position was not clear in the
public’s mind and that the
discussion should be held in
a public forum.

The teachers claim their
proposal would save the
recently terminated teacher
aide positions.

‘““We discussed co-
operative measures which
could alleviate the layoff
situation,” said WVTA
president Heather Walker.

“We were told none of our
solutions were acceptable to
the board,” Walker said.

“They would not negotiate
and they made no counter
proposals.”

The teachers” recently
ratified recommendations
from their executive which
stated there would be no
contract concessions made
this year. The teachers also
stipulated they would not
“tolerate terminations” and
would stick to a policy of “no
pay, no work.” _

Some hints during the
discussion at the board
meeting made it sound hke
the trustees had no position
on the teachers’ proposal

“Pm sure that the other
orgamzations have a clear
positon, I'm not sure that
the board's position is all
that clear,” Alban said.

Personnel committee
chairman John Gregory said
they had explored “every
option and proposal to
mitigate cutbacks and to
date none have ensured that
the schools will remain open
and fully operative, a policy
the board plans to stick to ”

“Therefore we are
adhernng to the plan ap
proved at the board mecting
September 13.7 9 Gregory
said

Another twist) to the
confusion surrounding the
confidential mecting was a
complaint’ from) a parent.
who asked why she was not
allowed at the = mecting.
when there were other
partics not connected with
the school board or em
ployees there

“There was one interloper
there, but when we asked all
non staff to leave. we just
didn't want a scuffle " said
Alban

School Supennteadent Ed
Carlin pointed out that he
asked af there were any
members of the press at the
mecting

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