NV RAISE OF 13.7% Teachers’ contract ratified NORTH VANCOUVER’S District 44 School Board unan- imously ratified a contract Tuesday night with the district's 1,000 teachers that calls for a 13.7 per cent wage increase over two years. Board chairman Don Bell said the wage increases, and agreements on class size, preparation time and noon-hour supervision contained in the contract will have significant cost impacts on the district's budget, ‘‘but our budget increases will be similar to other school districts in the Lower Mainland.’ He said the implications of cost increases will be faced by all B.C. school districts as a result of greater teacher bargaining rights and would have to be addressed by a parallel adjustment of provincial education funding formulas. Board chairman Don Bell ...contract to have cost impacts. DISTRICT 44 School The contract, he said, was in the mid-range of Lower Mainland set- lements. District 44 secretary-treasurer Len Berg estimated the cost of the contract to the district in the first year will be $3,660,000. Total annual operating budget for the district is approximately $60 million. Bell said he was satisfied the board had maintained appropriate management rights within the terms of the contract. Ample opportunity for teacher input has been provided, he said,‘‘but within the context that the board has the ultimate respon- sibility to deliver education and establish policies within the district." Members of the North Van- couver Teachers Association (NVTA) voted 99 per cent Jan. 31 to ratify the contract. NVTA president Jack Stevens said Thursday teachers were pleas- ec, and enthusiastic about the new foundation of teacher participation Classified Ads.......... Doug Collins............ Editorial Page... Home & Garden. . Mailbox ...... What's Going On........ and cooperation with the board in local education laid by the con- tract. The agreement, he said, was ‘‘an historical document’’ that com- presses 40 years of negotiations in- to a first collective agreement, and will allow teachers to ‘‘de- slop a high degree of professional autonomy."” “Our view has always been that our working conditions are kids’ learning conditions,’’ Stevens said. “So in that way it is a win-win agreement for the public and education, not just teachezs."” Under the contract, which has a no-strike or lock-out clause over its two-year term, District 44 teachers will get five and two per cent wage increases retroactive to July 1, 1988 and Jan. 1, 1989 respectively. A subsequent §.2 per cent in- crease wil! come into effect July 1, 1989, followed by 2 1.5 per cent increase Jan. 1, 1990. The wage increases will be simi- lar to those provided in the con- tract settlonrent: reached Jan. 24 between West Vancouver's District 45 and its 3°4) teachers, which also called for a 13.7 per cent increase over its two-ear term. Both contracts expire July 1, 1990. Prior to the new coritract, an- nual District 44 teacher salaries ranged from $19,437 up to $46,604; following its expiration, calaries will range from $21,170 at the bottom of the scale up to $53,295 at the top. Teachers will also, as of Sept. J, be paid twice monthSy rather than once per month. In addition to the wage in- creases, the new contract also guarantees elementary teachers 80 minutes of preparation time per week and sets class-size guals of 20 pupils per class in kindergarten, 25 in Grades |! to 3 classes, 28 in sec- ondary school English classes and 30 pupils per class in all other classes in Grades 4 to 12. As of Sept. 1, District 44 teach- ers will no longer be required to perforra noon-hour pupil] supervi- sion duties. A joint board-NVTA teacher evaluation committee will also be established under the contract. Both Bell and Stevens said a relationship of mutual respect had been maintained between the board and the NVTA throughout the seven months of negotiations. WEATHER Friday, cloudy with sunny periods. High near -1°C. Saturday, mostly suany. High near 3; low -8°C. Second Class Registration Number 3885 3 - Friday, February 17, 1989 - North Shore News NEWS photo Mike Wahofleid NORTH VANCOUVER RCMP are searching for the owner of 3 pit bull dog which at- tacked North Vancouver resident Marion Henselwood and her dog on Saturday. Henselwood was walking along a trail at the Blair Rifle Range property with her four- year-old daughter Meghan, four-month-old son Ryan and her dog Bear when the attack occurred. See story page 1. INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CIDA to give Cap College $2.25m towards programs CAPILANO COLLEGE has just siguied a contract with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) ensuring that two of the College’s international programs will receive $2.25 million in support over the next five years. Robert Turner, the college's dean of student and instructional services, said the contract repre- sents the first time the college has received a grant of this magnitude from CIDA. In 1986, the college received $200,000 over three years from the government for its interna- tional programs. The latest contract, college president Doug Jardine said, “is basically CIDA saying we like what you are doing.” CIDA senior vice-president Dr. Lewis Perinbam believes our pro- CAPILANO = College Doug Jardine ...contract basically CIDA saying we what you are doing."’ president **is like grams are “‘unique, innovative and entrepreneurial,’’ added Turner. “When he travels all over Canada and to other couniries he uses Cap as an example of energy and in- novation applied to international education.*” Up to now, the College’s Inter- national Co-operative Education program, which trains qualified students for work in the Asia Pacific region, and CANASEAN, which brings together business managers from Canada and Southeast Asian nations, were operating on minimal budgets. The infusion of funds, earmark- ed for student support, program development and relevant ad- ministration and program operating expenditures, will allow both programs to grow and im- prove. Bob Bagshaw, coordinator of the co-op program, associate dean Jon Jessiman, Turner and others have been pursuing CIDA support since last spring. The first cheque for $445,000 will arrive soon, Turner said.