Norwin High School - Pennon Yearbook (Irwin, PA)

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d mm: if . MBV. ...BUT THE TEACHERS' STRIKE DELAYED THE OPENING OF SCHOOL UNTIL OCTOBER 30. WAS IT A LOCKOUT OR A STRIKE? WHATEVER THE NAME, THE WORD OF THE DAY WAS FRUSTRATION FOR ALL. LKEYSK QUT max 5 ff? 80?

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'IT FIRST GLANCE IT LOOKED LIKE A TYPICAL CHOOL YEAR

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. as parents filled the auditorium and demanded answers they didn't OkNh0lHEALTHcAnEPLAN ADMlNlSTEF4ED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION lNSURANCE TRUST Cali Ton Free 800-932-0362 Bearer is covered by Plan and Employed by NORUIN SCHOUL 0lSlk.Li Group identification ' 4 2 0 7 0 U 0 3 4 3 B 3 Employe Identification Employe Name Dependent Coverage YC S P 0 34 5 l Effective Date 0 71 0 1 f B l HlB,5Cg.bL A4005 ie culprit was the insurance issue. The school board wanted to place Blue Cross health insurance with ALPHA insurance. its . In late December, 1981, a referee for the Pennsylvania Compensation Board declared the dispute a and not a strike 'WU ', 'Z ,fr The main characters in the two month strike were: Joseph Belan, NEA President, Joseph Pekar, Board President, and Bernard Mulvihill, chief negotiator for the school board. Finally after two months of extra vacation, sophomores George McCoy and Jackie Guthrie experience their first day at the High School. At left, faculty member Mr. Bateman is about to tip his hat to a new teacher's contract.