~ The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, March 18, 1992 ‘and 9.67% the second. 1 oH A Salary increases range widely The list of salaries that accompanies the new contract between the Dallas School District and its teachers reveals a wide range of increases. The highest paid teachers, who were earning $43,675 in salary, will receive raises of 3.83% in the first year of the contract and 3.87% in the second. Fifty-eight of the district's 142 teachers are at the top salary level, which will be $47,105 during the 1992-93 school year. The largest raise will go to a teacher who presently earns $25,785. She will get a 13.37% raise the first year Generally, teachers who now make between $30,000 and $39,000 will receive the largest percentage raises; [rom 10% to nearly 12% the first year and 8% to 12% the second. Those at the low end of the scale will get a little over 5% each year. The lowest ‘paid teacher on the scale, who is now paid $16,493, will receive 5.24% and 5.27% raises | in the two years covered by the contract. Here are a few selected salary levels and the projected increases. 1990-91 1991-92 DOLLAR % 1992-93 | SALARY SALARY INCREASE INCREASE SALARY | $16, 493 $17,358 865 5.24 $18,273 22615 23.793 1178 5.01 25.038 28.615 30.022 1/407 4.92 31509 | 30425 33.791 3.366 11.06 37.791 © 36,045 40.045 4.000 11.10 44.045 43675" 45.348 1673 3.83 47.105 “* Top salary level DOLLAR % INCREASE INCREASE 915 5.27 1,245 5.23 1,487 4.95 4,000 11.84 4,000 9.99 1.757 3.87 ro . a a )% Raise onus from page 1) ntinuing to work well past the te when their contract expired | September 1, 1991. ® 'd like (o remind everyone that ‘one child missed a day of hool, not one senior had their lege plans interrupted, not one rent missed a day of work,” said ard member John Cleary. - Board member John George bted that 104 of the district's achers will have only a 3.83% ise the first year, and a 3.87% ise the second year. | “Negotiations are not an easy isk, there must be concessions n both sides. We realize that this not going to meet with 100% ap- roval by everyone,” said Ashbr- ge. “I'd like to thank the teachers br their cooperation, the taxpay- Ss Bier their support of us. ! two steps starting next year. | is the 1993-94 school year. These benefits include: ~ e Home school and summer school rates, as well as unused sick leave pay will be increased beginning next year, but less than the ~ previous offer. | __ * Blue Cross/Blue Shield major medical coverage will be increased from $250,000 to $500,000 for the second year of the contract, and to $1 million for the third year. * Coverage for mental and nervous sickness will be increased from $2,500 to $25,000 the second year of the contract, and to ~ $50,000 the third year. Life insurance will be increased [rom its current $34,000 to | $40,000 the second year, and $43,000 the third year. » An extra personal day will be added in the second year of the | contract, making it a total of two for the school year. ~~» Reimbursement for graduate school credits will be increased | from $90 a credit now to 50% the first year, 60% the second year, and 70% the third year for graduate credits. Undergraduate ~ credits would be reimbursed at 10% less each year and in-service courses would be paid for entirely by the district. The most the | district has reimbursed for tuition in a year was $16,000, but with | many teachers at the top of the educational scale, the cost is | expected to be below that. Benefits are deferred, but still in the contract The contract accepted by the Dallas School Board and the dis- “trict's teachers contains some of the same increases in benefits of- fered by the board in February. But instead of going into effect in the current year, many of the benefit increases will take effect in The first year of the contract is the 1991-92 school year, already halfover. The second year is the 1992-93 school year, and the third Alter the meeting closed, the board members were questioned by some people on details of the contract, but congratulated by many more. When asked if the board's nego- tiators considered a merit pay pro- gram that the Dallas Taxpayers Forum had demanded, Richardson shook his head. “The taxpayers group has a plan they say will work, we don't know how it will work," said Richardson. Even though the Dallas Tax- payers Forum has been calling for a two-year salary freeze and im- plementation of a merit pay pro- gram, Forum president Joe Kunec was obviously pleased with the contract. “The agreement that resulted tonight, we feel has been a moral By ERIC FOSTER Post Staff The Kingston Township super- sors passed a resolution at their \ arch 11 meeting protesting Tele- ledia Cable Television's planned rate increase due to take effect pril 1. ~The rate will go from $16.50 a month to $18.50 a month for basic ervice. Other charges will remain the same. “It's our annual Easter present from the cable company,” said ownship manager Jeffrey Box. Benjamin Franklin, chairman of the supervisors said that a new Federal Communications Commis- sion ruling may allow a municipal- ity toregulate cable television rates if there are less than six over-the- air channels available. The supervisors believe that there are only five over-the-air channels: 16, 22, 28, 44 and 38. The new ruling allows municipali- ties in areas with few over-the-air channels to hold cable rate in- creases to 5% a year. The resolution urges residents to write to U.S. Rep. Paul Kan- : Jorski, and Senators Arlen Specter and Harris Wofford in support of legislation which would re-regu- late the cable industry, The reso- lution also urges residents to write to the Tele-Media Company to : protest the rate increase. This is the fourth straight year the cable rate has increased ac- cording to the supervisors. Tele- Media has a 13-year franchise agreement with the township which began in 1087. Tele-Media also serves Harveys Lake and Dallas boroughs, and Lehman, Dallas, and Franklin townships. In other business, the supervi- sors: e Assumed ownership of Bram- blewood Drive in the Parkhurst subdivision. victory for the Dallas taxpayer,” said Kunec. “We feel it will set a trend in many surrounding school districts and set a benchmark in the state.” Kunec promised that the Tax- payers Forum, formed in Septem- ber of 1991 to protest what mem- bers believed were unreasonable teacher salary requests, would not disband now that the negotiations are finally over. The Forum will turn its atten- tion next to Act 195, which gives teachers and other public employ- ees bargaining rights, Kunec said. William Wagner would not comment on his personal feelings about the settlement, but wore a stoney expression on his face. Though the district's teachers accepted the contract, Eleanor Buda, vice president of the Dallas teachers’ union said that no one really liked it. “We're going to be working now to restore some dignity to this place,” said Buda. Joseph Oravitz, executive direc- tor of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association, said that the Dallas contract sets a precedent in lowering the range of salary hikes. Oravitz said there are about 130 school districts across the state coming up for bargaining this year, and 32 districts are still negotiat- ing contracts which already ex- pired, “It's the largest number of carry-overs for the longest time that we've seen in the 22 years of Act 195,” said Oravitz. “In my judge- ment it's going to be an extremely difficult year in terms of labor ne- gotiations.” Oravitz said that many districts which were discussing contracts with salary increases in the 7% range before Governor Robert Casey announced he would re- duce school subsidies, are now talking about increases in the 5% range. Negotiations began in Dallas more than a year ago with the teachers asking for an average 9.85% raise. In December, a state fact-finder recommended an aver- age raise of 8.75% for three years. The teachers accepted the fact- finder's report, but the school board rejected it. iIngston Twp. protests cable price hike e Approved the Hagen Minor subdivision. e Revoked the previously granted subdivision approvals for the Sleepy Hollow subdivision because of failure to maintain a letter of credit or bond. e Scheduled spring clean-up for May 11 to 16. Organ Concert Featuring Tom Haggerty at the MATAR) PHOT i TT] [CHO {oT 1! VU[=Te [a TXT EAVAR | ET od BPAY {g | Castle Inn, 415 Memorial Hwy., Dallas 4:00 P.M or 7:00 P.M. For Reservations Call National Music 829-2644 2d (P-L [Lo [Tor= 1 (= 0) g LoZ=] g 04 g Lo [o:) * Note: Free Refreshments 3:30 and 6:30 By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Lehman Township Supervisors approved the traffic control plan submitted to PennDOT and the permit for the 1992 Luzerne County Fair at the regular supervisors’ meeting Monday, March 16. Approval of the traffic control plan stipulated that “No Parking” signs be posted along Route 118 and that 28-inch traffic cones be placed every 50 feet down the center of the highway for safety. The supervisors also requested that the fair committee indemnify Lehman Township and PennDot in case of any accidents. In other business, the supervi- sors accepted the resignation of Jon H. Rogers from his position as Township auditor, commending him for the fine work that he has done in that capacity. The position of township secre- tary/treasurer formerly held by Alvin Cragle was split into two positions; Cragle will remain town- ship treasurer, while Jon H. Ro- gers was appointed township sec- retary. Rogers said that the secre- tary/treasurer’s position was split due to growth in the townshipiand the increasing responsibilities of both offices. The supervisors said that Chuck Rogers of the Department of Envi- ronmental Resources filed a com- plaint against St. Stephen's Church in Plymouth because the church has not tanke any action to date on an illegal landfill behind its cemetary on Outlet Road. : Property owners near the cemetary have been questioned, but so far the illegal dempers have not been caught. The supervisors noted that burned construction debris has also been found in the dumping area. All neighboring properly own- ers have been asked to cooperate with the investigation so that the illegal dumping can be stopped. Attorney Eric Dingle represented Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Carkhuff, who have requested that the town- ship grade and spread gravel on a section of Township Route 712, which they claim belongs to the township. Supervisors denied the request until Mr. and Mrs. Carkhull can prove that this road is township property. According to a townshp “map, Bryant's Road has also been Gesignated Township Route 712 Lehman supers ok fair traffic plan and has been recorded as town- ship property. The township engineer has not been able to {ind any record in the Luzerne County Courthouse of the section of roadway off Red Barn Road. Carrhuff contended that he was told al the supervisors’ meet- ingon April 13, 1981, that the road belonged to the township. No record of that meeting is available because all township records were destroyed in a fire at the municipal building in 1984. Supervisors also voted to: e permit the Wyoming Valley Striclers to hold their 12th annual run Sunday, March 22, on town- ship roads. renew the existing mutual aid agreement between Lehman and Ross Township Police Depart- ments. » renew the joint paving and road materials agreement with six neighboring municipalities. » meet with Jackson Township officials before entering into a feasa- bility study of combining the po- lice departments of Dallas Borys ough, Jackson Township an&l Lehman Township into a regonal force. Lake-Lehman school board commends wrestlers By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Lake-Lehman Superintendent Nancy Davis commended the high school wrestling team for its per- formance in the recent district wrestling competition, at the school board's regular meeting Tuesday, March 10. The team received the District Team and Coach of the Year awards, as well as having seven first-place and four third- place winners. The board also received a report from high school home economics teacher Jerris Baranowski on a new cooperative learning project which she has started in her classes. In other business, the board took the following personnel mat- ters: e Sabbatical leaves for travel during the second semester of the 1992-93 school year were approved for Charles James and Jane Ann James. e Accepted the retirement of senior high school guidance coun- selor Sylvia Bator and senior high school English teacher Francis Wilczewski, both at the end of the 1992-93 school year. * Appointed substitute teachers Karen Zapotok, art; Dawnell Glunz, mentally and physically handi- 35g 2 2 Vegetable & Floral Seed Packs. 716 152 WORK) 1 (a) ik / wide selection "/ quality merchandise DALLAS CENTRE HARDWARE WINTER HOURS: Mon. capped and David Orohutsky, English. 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