Jesup Scott High School - Scottonian Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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Of TEACHERS AfT LOCAL 250 Ifl 00 TOLEDO FEDERATION OF TEACHERS AfT LOCAL 2S0 4FL-O0 City Schools Open Despite Strike; Parents, Substitutes Help Out; Attendance Called Near Normal nil Ull Lite tdAyelJ ' Ci juh -u« Edward Gentieu. of 2111 Copley Dr., asking that the Ferguson Act be invoked. The act prohibits strikes among public employees. Judge Kiroff said that he would sign a ruling ordering the board of education to invoke the Ferguson Act at 4 15 p.m. if ne- gotiations have not produced a settlement. He said that be- was delaying enfnrrP - ' - - •• • • it tho Toledo Pay For Beginning Teacher Now Below 7 Other Ohio Districts Lags 21 Areas In Amount Given Teachers, Board Agree Tentatively To Arbitrate tpiled ssoci- effec- Outside Expert, L-M-C Slated To Handle Issue A school strike expert from i the American Arbitration Asso- ciation and a three-member me- ' diation team from the Labor- j Management -Citizens Com- mittee will be asked to mediate Toledo ' s public school teachers strike But union leaders said the strike will continue during nego- t i a t i o n s , and school board spokesmen said schools will re- main open Agreement on mediation was reached tentatively shortly be- fore 11 Friday night, following almost thi ' ee hours, of negotia- tions in the Commodore Pern Motor Inn To Formalize Plan Today Top negotiators for both the school board and the striking Toledo Federation of Teachers plan to meet today to prepare a formal request, asking the L-M- C lo enter the case. Rossford .Wood- Solon (Cuyahoga) Brooklyn (Cuya.i Dayton (Montgomery) 57,000 Akron (Summit! Independence (Cuya. i . East Cleve. I Cuya. I Mayfield (Cuya.) Kenston (Geauga) Cuyahoga Hts. I Cuya. I Bratenahl (Cuya.) Princeton (Hamilton) Orange iCuya.i Nortbwnod I Wood I St. Bernard ( Hamilton i Canton ( Stark I Cleveland (Cuya.i lackland (Hamilton) Cincinnati (Hamilton) Sylvania I Lucas i Toledo (Lucas | ■ - Enrollment Bachelor ' s Yearly Master ' Ye Stan-Mai. Steps Start— Mai Stees 1,701 S7.400 511.388 11 $8,008 $13,326 13 83,850 8,201 00.000 Talks Continuing Between School Board, Teachers Education On Makeshift Basis With About One-Third Of Instructors Reporting For Duty Toledo ' s 75 public schools continued operating on a makeshift basts todav with no apparent break in the strike that has let 60 0M pup Is wuh only about one-th,rd c-t their usual number of older end of the scale — thep.vith a bachelor ' s degree, was maximum amounts paid. tne same as Cincinnati, Cleve- Some districts with higher | rand, and Canton, falling behind — ■■ laiier ' Dayton and Akron, both with $7 ioo. and ahead of Columbus, w h $6,750, and Youngstown, with S6.250. among the state ' s major cities. The figures are those reported to OEA during the summer, and do not reflect recent contract scttlments, an OEA spokesman said. Rossford Leads State Rossford, with a beginning salary of $7,400, leads all other school systems in the state. At the maximum level for teachers with a master ' s degree and the maximum pav for lon- gevity, Toledo, with $11,000 falls -22nd in the state. Akron, with a maximum of $13,225 at the master ' s level, leads the other major cities, with Toledo at the bottom of the li st. Columbus pavs $12,988, Day- ton $12,740, Canton $12,526. Cleveland $12,400. Cincinnati $12,245, and Youngstown offers its teachers $11,437 as a max- imum with a master ' s degree. All figures reflect the max-| imum with the degree and top step on the experience scale, and do not take into account edu- cation beyond the degree be- cause each system uses differ- ent standards. Hours Beyond Degree Some list the top at 15 hours beyond a master ' s or bachelor ' s, some 10, some 30, and others in between, so for uniformity, fig- ures are compiled only on the basis of the degree and number of years, the OEA spokesman said. Tol£do. 7.(100 .000 Discloses 1-Year Offer By Board Contract negotiations between Toledo public school teachers and the administration were re- cessed by the mediating panel Monday after both sides failed to agree on one-year and two- year contract proposals made over the weekend Dal Lawrence. Toledo Feder ati0T ;« a- «i i«« rffc School Board Refuses Talks Direct Negotiation Asked By Teachers Toledo board of education members have refused a request from the Toledo Feder- ation of Teachers to enter into direct contract negotiations with ls j union officials in the present I a % wage dispute, ersj Today, however, President p r ' illiarn N Thomas said that he tendent. ' uldn ' t hes » ate at , U ' ' ° re ; ■ ;cH-oti ' er if it anr-pared latpr tn: Toledo Teachers Return To Schools After Loss Of Jobs Is Threatened uting to a deteriorating image of the teacher in Toledo. ' ' The bargaining has been at a standstill since Monday, when talks broke down and the Labor- Management-Citizens Com- mittee mediating panel called a recess. John Straub. board member, said today that he believes the administration team will not go back to the bargaining table un- less the federation first is will- ing to make a realistic, sub- stantive counterproposal. Mr Thomas said that was B,?o his interpretation of the bresent stalemate Downtown Pickets i On Wednesday, several teach- ers picketed the downtown of- fices of Arthur Zepf and Mr. Straub, in the Libbey-Owens- Ford building; at the Gardner building where Mr. Thomas and Mr. Gibson are. and in front of ' 130 Madison Ave., where board mber Richard Duffey has of- iresident Dal Lawrence Ferguson Act iudge Dismissal Threat Faced By Striking Teachers After Rejecti on O f Offer Talks Continue Toledo teachers returned classrooms today after the I guson Act was invoked Thi day. They were ordered back the Toledo Federation of Te; ers ' president. Dal G. Lawrei despite a firm commitn made at a ra ■ Thursday night As Picketing Is Resumed Striking Toledo teachers faced with the threat of being fired if Ohio ' s Ferguson Act is invoked against them, returned to the picket lines today after rejecting a $5 million contract

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Teachers assume positions during strike. Sister Emily subs during strike. Smiling cafeteria workers respect boundaries of picket line. September 9, the beginning of the 70-71 school year, Scotters were greeted by an absence of teachers from classrooms. A strike by Toledo Teachers over salary and contract agreements, the first week of school posed a hectic problem as far as management was concerned. Several days when student attendance was near normal, confusion reigned because of incomplete sched- ule changes and an insufficient number of staff members to man individual classrooms. LOCAL 250 AR 00 Of TEACHERS APT LOCAL 250 AR CIO Mixed feeling on part of teachers were seen as settlement talks dragged on and then were discontinued. Envoking of the Ferguson Act ended the strike as such, while it was promised that the talks would be continued. Since then there has been a small monetary compensation for the teachers but nothing specific concerning the contract agreement.

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THINK BACK TO —The faculty strike —the combined forces of a magnificent football team —the effervescence of the frosh, sophomores, and juniors during Spirit Week! —the girls rallying together in favor of a new dress code —the efforts and energies spent in securing a new stadium —the exciting season for our together band —the enthusiasm of hundreds of supporters during basketball season . . . Put these together, and you have the sights and sounds of Scotters working in, around, and for Scott. Scotters who have been Soulfully United.