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Salary increases weren’t all they seemed
by M ICHA EL P. JONES
Po*l Correspondent
The negotiating com m it
tee for the Welches Educa
tion Association 'W E A )
reports that the 6 percent
in c re a s e in te a c h e rs
salaries that the district's
s u p e rin te n d e n t
and
p r ic ip a l.
K e n n e th
Blackburn, reported to the
budget com m ittee last
month, was never offered
d u rin g
any
of
the
negotiating sessions
The WEA claims that the
6 percent salary increase
included benefits and fixed
costs Only 4 percent ac
tually applied to salaries
Jeanine Boldt, a member
of the negotiating team,
said the district's last offer
was a 4 percent increase
minus increments, tuition
Play set at Welches School
The after-school drama
program at Welches Grade
School w ill be presenting
"The Wizard of Oz’’ F ri
day, May 7
The play w ill feature 22
students representing the
ff t h through eighth grades
In e y have been practicing
since mid March under
the direction of the school's
ifra m a coach. Jeanine
B o ld t.
I In addition to performing
the p la y , the d ra m a
students designed and
m ade a ll th e ir own
costumes and props
A new mural, painted on
the rear wall of the stage
by students in Boldt's after
school art class, w ill also
be unveiled
The mural
w ill serve as a permanent
backdrop for the stage
The performance w ill
begin at 7:30 p m in the up
per grade gym Cost is 50
cents per person
reimbursements and ac have
not
sig n e d
a
c id e n ta l
d e a th
and contract,* said McDougal
d is m e m b e rm e n t
in
McDougal said not one
surance
school b oard m em ber
These benefits, accor (b o a rd m e m b e rs a re
ding to the negotiating a u to m a tic a lly on the
team, are some of the budget com m ittee) co r
things originally agreed rected Blackburn on the
upon during the previous figure She said that this
negotiations
only implied to the people
N e g o tia to r K a th le e n
in attendance, as well as to
McDougal said that the 6 the five citizens who share
p e rc e n t
fig u r e
was seats on the committee
presented by Blackburn to that the teachers had been
the budget committee and o ffe re d th is in cre a se ,
people in attendance in which is not the case
such a way as to make peo
Boldt said that after she
ple feel it was represen saw the 6 percent figure in
tative of the offer made to The Post two weeks ago,
teachers during negotia she spoke with two of the
tions
negotiators from the school
McDougal said that no board and they told her
such o ffe r was e v e r they had no idea where that
presented to them by the figure came from.
district, and she added that
Don Robertson of the
she doesn’t understand Oregon Education Associa
why it is in the budget for tion said the salary pro
the coming 1982 83 school
b le m s
th e
W elches
year
teachers are c u rre n tly
"We w ill not get that in undergoing is actually the
crease though it may be in result of five to six years of
the budget because we bad bargaining
S alary in cre a se s the
teachers believed they
were negotiating for were
actually distributed bet
ween benefits and fixed
costs, which made yearly
contract less than believed
" I t seems that what the
board has done is divided
the percent into three
areas—salaries, fixed costs
and benefits," said chief
n e g o tia to r Tom W ell
"These items we can't
negotiate."
"Y o u ca n 't negotiate
these items because the in
surance companies and the
federal government set
these costs," said Boldt
“ What we discovered is
that they have taken our
agreement and applied it to
these fixe d costs and
benefits, and that’s decep
tive.”
Well said that in the last
six years the teachers went
from a salary schedule
e q u iv a le n t w ith o th e r
d is tric ts in Clackamas
County, "to being on the
very bottom "
"Out of 20 school districts
(in the county) Welches
ranks 20th in salaries."
said Well
He said that a beginning
teacher w ould receive
112,450 a year at Welches
as compared to $14,202 if
they were in the Sandy
A rt gallery
to re-open
E le m e n ta ry
S chool
District.
Teachers with the most
education and the most
classroom experience, said
Well, are even in a worse
position based on the ex
isting salary schedule at
Welches
Well said that they have
had ten meetings with the
district's two negotiators.
Leah Behan and Dick Hoff
man.
At the first session, ac
cording to Well, Hoffman
said the WEA’s proposal
for a 6 percent cost of living
increase, rather than the
actual 89 percent, was
"rig h t in the ballpark "
Nine negotiating periods
later, Well said that the
WEA realized there were
problems and asked to
meet with all the board
The Grand Re-Opening of
the W y’ E a st A rtis a n s
Gallery w ill be May 7,8 and
9 from 11 a m till 5 p m
The G a lle ry is now
located in Wemme next to
Log Home Supply on
Highway 26.
The G a lle ry
is a
cooperative run by guild
members to provide a focal
point for community and
visitors.
A variety of works by a
Smith said that she had
number of local artists w ill
questions concerning the
be on display.
county's instructions since
the planning staff is aware
of what the LCDC means in
terms of (non ) expansion.
She said that she feels the
CPO does not have the
authority to ignore what
LCDC mandated last fall.
" I don’t have anything
against the county but I do
think they tend to head you
off in the wrong direction,"
said Smith
SNOW WHITE
Smith said that there is
some legal action being
taken by the Environmen
tal Committee On Suitabili
ty in connection with the
Cedar Ridge area, and that
the boundary commission
should not make any deci
sions on this area until the
court has resolved the pro
blems.
Neil Sullivan of Welches
said that he feels more
facts are needed before a
decision can be made and
advised that a committee
be set up to study both the
pros and cons.
S u lliv a n
sa id
th a t
because the service district
is non—contiguous some
property owners along the
Brightwood Loop Road
were left on an island He
said despite the fact that as
many as three lines pass
through some of these
parcels of land, they can’t
be served because they are
out of the district's boun
daries.
"Any decision now is
premature since we don't
know all the facts," said
S u lliv a n .
“ I t 's
our
credibility up here that I ’m
concerned about and we
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Boldt said that at the
next negotiating session a 4
percent salary increase
was offered hut with a cut
back in benefits such as
fam ily medical insurance
In the future Well said
that the WEA w ill negotiate
with caution, w ill check
every figure, both those
negotiated upon and those
which appear in the con
tract, and w ill be less
trusting of the district
Continued from Page I
may be doing something to
set a precedent that may be
bad later on."
Bob Dorman of Welches
said that he feels the CPO
would be making a mistake
by not acting on the Thur
man's request since such
decisions are the purpose
of the organization.
The members voted to
table further discussion on
the annexation request un
t i l the n e xt m o n th ly
meeting, when additional
in fo rm a tio n c o u ld be
presented
S u lliv a n and D ave
Lythgo were appointed to
study the proposal and
report their findings at the
next meeting.
The second issue concer
ning the service district
dealt with the extrater
rito r ia l extension of a
sewer line outside the area
designated to be served by
the new treatment facility.
The proposed extension
would allow the Timberline
Rim subdivision and the
still-undeveloped Cedar
Ridge area to be serviced
by the new sewage treat
ment facility. The Portland
Metropolitan Area Boun
dary Commission is to act
upon the m atter May 6.
Penny Wilburn of Zigzag
said that the CPO shouldn't
approve the expansion
since it would accom
modate increased develop
ment, "which all the tax
payers w ill have to pay for
in the end."
N ancy
S p encer
of
Brightwood disagreed with
Wilburn and said that the
developers and the proper
ty owners to be serviced
w ill be paying the entire
b ill
Wilburn said that expan
sion for the sake of more
deve lop m e n t does not
make sense since the ex
isting developments on the
mountain are all having
difficulties as property is
not selling
" I f you can’t ‘max out’ on
these
e x is tin g
developments now," said
Wilburn, "you shouldn't ex
pand."
Wilburn said the loca
tions proposed for the pipes
go right by houses in the
Wildwood area that won’t
be hooked up to the sewer,
where they are needed
most
Smith agreed and said
that the expansion does not
take into account the needs
of the community "when
the line goes directly past
houses whose occupants
a re
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The CPO voted eight to
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the boundary commission
objecting to the proposed
extraterritorial expansion
of the sewer line
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The board, in turn, accor
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