Vol. 75 No. 34 September 3, 1975 Donegal teachers are at work in schools after they reject contract; Greider: ‘One more item needed;’ Landis: ‘Rejection was a mistake.’ Ted Greiner William B. Landis Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA. Teachers were at their posts yesterday in the Donegal schools — although they still have not accepted the contract offered them by the school board. Up until 4:30 a.m. Negotiating representa- tives of the teachers and the board had met last week from 7:30 p.m., Monday, until 4:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 26, trying to reach a final agreement. At that time the representatives of the teachers felt that two important items in the contract had been deleted by the board at the last minute. When the teachers met together Thursday night, August 28, they voted against accepting the con- tract offered by the board. Ted Greider, President of the Donegal Education As- Subscription renewals due For the past month the Susuehanna Bulletin has bringing up to date the subscription lists of both the old Susquehanna Times and the Mount Joy Bulletin, which were combined in the new newspaper. Subscription renewal no- tices have been sent out to people whose subscriptions expired before August 1975. These subscriptions should be renewed by mail within the next week, in order to receive the Bulletin after September 15. School really is beginning now for some [See page 8] sociation, said, ‘“We all stuck together and voted down. the package. It was just not satisfactory.” Want one change Despite the fact that the teachers had wanted two more items, they decided to settle for one. Greider said the one remaining important item will cost less than $5000 — ‘‘not very much in a total budget of $3 million.” Exactly what the $5000 item is, Greider was not free to say, because of an agreement with the board to keep details of the negotia- tions secret. He did say that the remaining item wanted by the teachers was not a further increase in salaries. The teachers are satisfied with the salary increases offered by the board last Tuesday. Dr. Landis comments Newspaper articles based on statements made by Ted Greider appeared last Fri- day evening and Saturday morning in, the Lancaster newspapers. Dr. William B. Landis, President of the Donegal School Board, told the Susquehanna Bulletin that he does not personally approve of secrecy when public officials and public employees are discussing how to spend the public's money, but he has abided so far by the agreement be- tween the board and the teachers, to maintain silence about details of the negotia- tions. Greider’s statement to the Lancaster newspapers, how- ever, freed him, Landis said, to make some com- ments. Ten Cents ““Teachers made mistake.’” He said that he thinks the teachers made a mistake in not accepting the contract offered them last Tuesday night. It was more gener- ous, Landis said, than seme board members may now be willing to support. He pointed out that, although the board is spending less total money than last year, it has already had to increase school taxes seventeen mills, partly be- cause local municipalities, following the lead of Mount Joy Borough, took a share of the earned income tax that used to go to the schools. Public should approve any further tax increases. Dr. Landis does not want to increase taxes further, unless the public approves of the increase. Rissers & Chiques churches rally to raise new Eli Breneman barn On July 28 the barn of Eli Grove, burned to its foun- dations. Last week, a month later, a new barn was going up on the same foundations. Members of Rissers Mennonite and Chiques Brethren Churches and re- latives of the Brenemans were climbing all over the- new structure, putting it together piece by piece. In two days the barn was almost completed.
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