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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1971)
Telling like it is PORTLAND/OBSERVER Thursday, Feb. 25, 1971 Board of Education The Board of Education of the Portland P ublicS choolsFri. made a two-year salary offer to the teachers of Portland through the Portland Association of Teachers, official elected con sultation representative fo r the d is tric t. The fir s t year proposal calls fo r increasing the salaries fo r teachers alone by 5.26 per cent at a cost to the d is tric t of 51, 802,355. When the Profess ional Growth lice n tive Program medical insurance increases , and salary-related fixed com - pensation totals approximately 52,115,000 — or an increase in cost to the school d is tric t of 5.56 per cent The offered salary guide lis t a beginning salary fo r a n e w bachelor’ s degree holder of 57, 210. The masimum salary on the guide is 513,527. A t e a c h e r holding a doctorate could earn as much as 511,027 reveals Longevity factors fo r teachers at the top of the scale have also been increased. The sec ond-year offer, while not ident ified in detail, proposes an ec onomic package equal to cost- o f-living increase plus 3 per cent fo r the 1972 -7 3 f is c a l year. The amount of the offer was developed as the result of an intensive study of the schools d is tr ic t’ s projected resources and expenditures fo r the next two school years. Board i.iem - realize they must recognize the inflationary pressures on the d is tric t’ s staff if a quality ed ucational program is to be main tamed. A t the same tim e th e Board feels an obligation to the public to make its request fo r a special operating levy this spring a reasonable one, and... the Board recognizes that with out additional funding it w ill not have the resources to pro vide additional salaries fo r its staff. Included in the Board’ s pro posal is the phasing out of model school premium pay over a three year period. C urrently, tenure teachers In nineelemen tary schools and one h ig h school receive additional com pensation of 5 1,000 a year, while probationary teachers at those schools are given 5500 in pre mium pay. A fter consideration of ail the various and diverse factors bearing upon salary decisions , the Board members believe the offer to be a reasonable one and hope that agreement onall m atters can be consummated soon. M rs. Alcena Boozer has been at Grant since the beginning of the year, in that tim e she has helped bridge the gap between the races. She has been involved in al most every program that in volves participation of b la c k students. In' last Weeks’ s BSU activities M rs . Boozer was in attendance and either helped with the pro gram or chaperoned. Her Instant eagerness tohelp out makes her a great person to work with. M rs. Boozer is helping a r r ange a program that may be held sometime in the near future that w ill have both blacks and whites working together fo r one goal, helping each other help them - selves. M rs . Boozer, I ’ m sure that many people feel the way that I ’ m about to put it; " M r s . Boo zer, you’ re all together.’ * Gary L. Fisher, Lake Oswego fireman, smiles with satisfaction as he receives the highest life saving award of the American Red Cross, the Award of Merit, fro m L ee C. S tid d , h o a rd m em b er o f th e O regon T ra il Chapter, ARC. Fisher was hon ored for his quick and very com petent first aid and assistance to Robert H ughitt, Portland Com m unity College art departm ent c h a irm a n , when H u g h itt was run over, dragged and badly in jured by his own car on a steep driveway. H ughitt, now fully re co v ered , was an e n th u s ia s tic witness at the award ceremony. 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