27 Ee brewing again : TERRACE — It’s a good news- bad news scenario for the board of School District 88. The good news is that this year’s funding formula an- nounced at the beginning of March by the Ministry of Educa- tion will increase District 88's budget by $2.2 million, up 11.4 percent from last year. For local taxpayers, that means maintain- ing education service levels will cost an estimated six percent more instead of 40 percent, the figure that was being somewhat fearfully propounded by district administration before the minis- try came through. The bad news is that a condi- tion attached to the increase is a cap of 2.8 percent on teacher salaries - any higher awards will have to be paid for out of local tax dollars, and that will prob- ably mean another round of heavy weather in this year’s negotiating process. At the board’s regular month- ly business meeting March 8 in Kitwanga, Terrace District Tea- cher’s Association president Helmut Giesbrecht made the or- ganization’s annual pre-budget presentation, alerting trustees to the TDTA expectations with regard to wage increases. They’re looking for an increase of 12 percent across the grid, a figure that doesn’t include in- cremental increases for seniori- ty. Giesbrecht termed the minis- try’s move to limit salary fund- ing “CSP (Compensation Sta- bilization Program) through the implyifig that” back door’’, despite the government’s dis- mantling CSP with the introduc- tion of new labor laws they are race Review — Wednesday, March 16,1988. Sonfrontati still trying to limit. wage in- creases in public sector employ- ment. He also called it ‘‘nothing more than meddling... by a third party’. Award limitations imposed by the CSP have cost teachers an average of 14,7 percent in lost real income (after inflation) since 1983, Giesbrecht claimed. He also pointed out that deteriorating wages: in com- parison to other provinces in Canada will make recruitment of teachers for B.C. increasingly difficult. In addition to the grid in- creases, Giesbrecht said the TDTA will also be seeking sim- plification of the grid structure from 11 seniority steps to five, arguing that I'l years is too long to achieve the top of the salary scale. Shortening the grid, he said, would be attrative to new teachers-entering the district. The board was also presented with a lengthy list of other alterations that addressed substi- tute pay, isolation bonuses, pro- fessional’ development and employee assistance programs, increased levels of counselling and librarian services in schools, more preparation time for elementary school teachers and bonuses for first aid certifica- tion, The TDTA estimates the total cost of all these items to be $4.17 million. Among items for which no cost estimates were available, Giesbrecht included restrictions on class sizes, an issue that _.prompted the TDTA'’s lengthy “instruction-only campaign last year. He noted, however, ‘‘we are close to acheiving the stand- continued on page 21 Why not renovate Viceroy Homes and Soucie Enterprises — Have Good News for HOME OWNERS! Are you aware that a grant of $10,000 is available to fix your home? CONTACT ROGER AT SOUCIE ENTERPRISES 635-5290 FOR MORE INFORMATION your home now? Where it’s at... 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