» N\ yO “a The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, October 18,1989 5 Summaries of Lake-Lehman contract positions Teachers ask for 9%, shorter workday Unresolved issues proposed by the association included five-year agreement, lengthening the teacher's work day from seven hours 30 minutes to seven hours 15 minutes; posting of positions, revision of credit reimbursement to all bargaining unit members will be entitled to reimbursement of courses at 100 percent of cost; and improved dental portion of health care insurance to include prosthet- ics rider of 100 percent of prevail- ing fee. Also, improve income protec- tion plan to provide benefits of 66 percent of the monthly salary, life- time accident benefits, sickness benefits to age 65 after the 60th calendar day of disability; allow the option of accumulating per- sonal leave days to a maximum of five or to have all unused personal days be added to'their respective unused sick leave at the end of the year. Provide president of association and/or his or her designees total of 12 days per year to attend confer- ences, etc. related to maintenance of collective bargaining and in- creased number of days by two days each year up to 20 days by 1993-1994; allow one self-directed preparation day per day; provide vision insurance plan; early retire- ment incentive policy; sick leave bank with association establish- ing rules and regulations; mem- bers not be required to perform non-instructional duties primar- ily, but not limited to in-school duties whenever possible; long term substitutes be included in the bargaining unit; a committee to review elementary and secondary class sizes for each grade level; each non-member of the associa- tion be required to pay a Fair Share fee; provide for increased dollar differentials between all columns in the new salary schedule; addi- tional columns beyond the Bache- lor’'s columns in units of six ana divide the first two blocks of 12 credits beyond the Master/Mas- ter's Equivalency into units of six as well as adding three additional columns of six beyond the MS/ ME+42 over the life of the agree- ment; reduce the number of steps to 14 over the life of the agreement; increase the 1988-1989 salary schedule by 9.4 percent the first year and second year, 9.3 the third : year; 9.3 the fourth year and 9.2 |{ the fifth year. Adjust extra-curricular activi- ties salary schedules to eliminate inequities; add to the extra-cur- ricular schedule the number of current and/or assistant coaches in each sport/activity as well as increase the number as listed; and add to the extra-curricular agree- ment as well as those existing positions listed that are filled by members who may or may not be receiving renumeration. Board offers 7%, wants management control School Board Proposals given to the Fact-Finder were willingness to accept a five year agreement if not burdensome to taxpayers of the district; teacher work year 1989-90 187 days; 1990-91 188 days; 1991-92 189 days; 1992-93 190 days. Teacher work day re- vised that the day shall consist of eight hours exclusive of a duty- free 30-minute lunch period, schedule to be determined by the superintendent; faculty and other meetings-teachers may be required to remain at the end of the work day without additional compensa- tion for the purpose of attending faculty or other professional meet- ings four days each month. Such meetings shall begin no later than 15 minutes after dismissal and shall last no more than 60 min- utes. Posting of positions should be a management prerogative and the superintendent should be allowed the discretion to fill such vacan- cies; no change in income protec- tion since Lake-Lehman and Tunkhannock only schools with income protection plan; no change in personal day since provision same as surrounding school dis- tricts; drop demand for leave to association president. Teachers in the district receive preparation time, no legitimate justification to include such pro- posal in agreement; early retirment plan is present policy of school board, no reason to include in agreement; eight of 12 districts in 1.U. 18do not have sick leave banks; non-instructional duties is part of school day for which payment is made and what is done is a man- agement prerogative. Part-time employees should not be treated the same as regular bargaining members; class size is not an issue since it is a manage- ment prerogative; a public em- ployer should not decide whether its employees should pay dues in order to keep their jobs. Salary proposal-increase 6.99 1989-90; 7.05 1990-91; 6.95 1991 - 92; 7.01 1992-93; and 7.03 1993- 94. Fact-finder's report leans toward teachers DiLauro in setting forth his find- ings recommended the five-year agreement from Sept. 1, 1989 - August 31, 1994; school day of 185 per year remain the same; the current teacher's school day re- main as it is since it is similar to surrounding schools; recommends that teachers do not remain extra time as proposed; that the super- intendent continue to have the authority to assign teachers to positions as it is now in contracts. Recommended reimbursement for credits as follows-1989-90 75 percent; 1990-91 80 percent; 1991 - 92 90 percent; 1992-93 95 per- cent; 1993-94 100 percent; rec- ommends that vision coverage is becoming more common in dis- trict collective bargaining so it should be extended to association members but board must be given an opportunity to provide for in- creased costs involved, so he rec- ommends that the Pa. 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Recommended that the income protection plan remain unchanged in the contract; recommends that the language two personal days remain unchanged; current lan- guage on leave reamin as it is; recommend the board include in the contract preparation time in similar language as Crestwood District; early retirement should remain as it has been in last three contracts; no reason to include sick leave bank in contract; rec- ommends that non-instructional duties be limited to one specific duty. Recommended that long term and part time substitutes language proposed by the board be adopted; rejects association's proposal on class size management; recom- mends that employees can be re- quired to pay a fair share fee as dues; after a thorough analysis of information provided on salary increases he recommended the following-1989-90 9.0; 1990-91 9.0; 1991-92 9.0; 1992-93 9.1; and 1993-94 9.2; and also recom- mended that the number of steps in the salary schedule be reduced from 30 to 17 effective the 1989-90 school year and that a B.S. 12 column be added in the 1990-91 yer and a MS/ME + 18 column be added in the 1992-93 year; recom- mended that the salary of extra- curricular personnel be adjusted in accordance with the annual percentage increases recom- mended herein but the balance of proposals should not be included because it is difficult to set up objective standards to make com- parisons between different sports and/or other activities that would lend itself to eliminating so-called salary inequities. These are the decisions to be made with the number of sports, activities, par- ticipation and the board should be allowed the discretion to add or subtract personnel as it sees fit. l water. Attention: Harveys Lake Voters Please vote for the Bill Purcell team on election day. Thank you Rep. Hasay and Sen. Lemmond, for you help in our continuing struggle for pure well _ Bill Mann Warden Place J Gountry” wrt) SKI(R SPORTS WILKES-BARRE Route 309 & Blackman St. PHONE 824-0541 SKI AREA NIGHT Thurs., Oct. 19 ® 6:30 -. 9:00 P.M. Make Plans now for winter. Ski Area Reps will be on hand Register for Door Prizes - Since Lift Tickets LEVINSON’S OBSERVE SUKKOT - The Levinson family of Dallas observe Sukkot, their time of Thanksgiving, annually. Above, Atty. and Mrs. Howard Levinson and their children, Jeffrey and Nancy, eat dinner inside the Sukkoh built on their deck. (Photo contributed) Local family builds 'sukkah' for holidays The Jewish holiday of Sukkot (soo-coat) began Friday evening, October 13. Sukkot is a time of thanksgiving, a time to thank God ‘| for all the earth’s bounty, the food we eat, the earth, the sky, and our good health to enjoy it. It is also a time to remember how the Jewish people lived in the desert for 40 years after leaving Egypt. The Hebrew word for both is sukkah; the plural is sukkot. Many Jews build a sukkah in their yards or on their apartment balconies, to commemorate this holiday. Attorney and Mrs. Howard Lev- inson and their children, Jeffrey and Nancy of Dallas, celebrate sukkot every year by eating in their sukkah, if the weather permits, they sleep in the sukkah. The roof of the sukkah must be covered with natural things, branches, cornstalks, etc. and be open enough to see the sky and the stars. Paper chains and pictures made by the children adorn the sukkah's walls. It is a time to be happy and rejoice in life's bless- ings. Shavertown Lumber built the sukkah to Susan Levinson's speci- fications and Jimmy Phillips and Rick Keast put up the sukkah for the Levinsons for the last several years. The Levinsons bought the cornstalks and pumpkin decora- tions from Parsons Produce on Memorial Highway. PennDOT says it can't afford to sell Pioneer Avenue to Kingston Township By SCOTT A. DAVIS Post Staff A plan labeled “a dead issue” by Kingston Township earlier this year came up for discussion at the supervisors’ meeting Wednesday night. Kingston Township has been attempting to reach a deal with the Pennsylvania Department of Trans- portation to purchase Pioneer Avenue so that the township could better service the roadway, espe- cially in the winter months when the road is known to be left in a dangerous condition, according to Township Manager Jeffery Box. The deal the township is seek- ing spells out that if purchased, PennDOT would first complete costly repairs to the road. The snag mentioned Wednesday was that PennDOT said it does not have enough money to do the repairs, which would total over one million dollars. : Charles Mattei, P.E. of PennDOT, told the supervisors that the cost to do necessary drainage repairs on Pioneer Avenue is too high, but offered two options for the supervisors to consider. One option is to spread the project out over a four year period, allowing the state time to come up with the funds. The second would be to seek | funds from the county road main- tenance budget. This option, However, is highly competitive according to Mattei. Mattei told the supervisors he would contact them in a few days about the options. CHRISTMAS CLUB OPEN A MERCHANTS BANK CHRISTMAS CLUB the advantages are crystal clear! Open your Merchants Bank Christmas Club today and receive 5% interest on your account. 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