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.. four days were consumed in ‘round-the- clock’ negotiating sessions,” Friday, August 29,1975, Bonner County teachers voted to strike. “The Board was unfair,” claims Phil DeBoard, then president of the Bonner County Education Association (BCEA). “They have continued to act like ‘mommies and daddies’ and treated the BCEA like ‘little kiddies.’ ” De Board and 90 percent of the district’s teachers supported the un- precedented move because of dissatis- faction with negotiation methods. Since meetings on salary and fringe benefits began in early spring, the teachers’ association continually pushed for a binding arbitration system. Calling for a third party arbitrator, this method was more favorable to the BCEA than the meet-and-confer method supported by the School Board. “The teachers never once came to the Board with their issues under the meet-and-confer system,” said Darrel Kenops, a Bonner County Trustee. “In other words, they never used what they had available.” 16 In addition to tlje question of binding arbitration, the strike was born out of disenchantment with the minimal amount of negotiable items. “Teachers were only able to talk about salaries and fringe benefits,” claimed DeBoard, and algebra and physics instructor at SHS. “And we wanted to be able to discuss all phases of a teacher’s working position.” The strike was not the first dramatic move on the part of the teachers. They had already filed a lawsuit in late spring, which saw the district court ruling in favor of the Board. The decision was appealed. The vote to strike came early in the second a day of a special teachers’ workshop for humanizing education. Following the Friday a.m. move, faculty members in support of the strike changed their headquarters from Stidwell Junior High School to the Panida Theater. And so patrons of Sandpoint and the entire county were shocked to think that their schools might not be bursting at the seams with the hustle- bustle of opening day, Sept. 3, but instead adorned with picket signs. “The next four days were consurned by ‘round-the-clock’ negotiating sessions,” according to DeBoard. A temporary agreement on terms for negotiating led to the inclusion of three Bonner County citizens in the dispute. Merle Parsley, a former senator and
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former SHS instructor, was chosen by the teachers, while Bonner County Auditor Doris Kenney represented the Board. These individuals, in turn, selected Bonner County Defender Nick Lamanna as a third member of the arbitration board. Following considerable discussions between the teachers and the Board, the citizens’ group was eventually asked to explore a solution. And they did. Unanimously backing the teachers, the trio asked that the two parties try the new system for a temporary period of one year. The suggestion was met by a flat “no” from Trustees, it was the same issue that was on trial,” said Kenops, speaking in favor of the Board. “Since the judge had not ruled on the matter, we could not accept the decision of the arbitrators. cooperation,” said Kenops in retro- spect. i, myself, was physically and emotionally exhausted after those four days and I felt it was a very sincere effort on both sides.” Tuesday, Sept. 2, during a 2 a.m. meeting at the Panida theatre, which teachers from as far as 50 miles came to participate in, a vote was taken to go to work the following day. Though they did not miss any school days, they did sacrifice the human- izing workshop. The strike was over but the dissension wasn’t. The eventual verdict of the court appeal ruled in favor of the Board of Education. Still feeling that the Board was “high- handed” in their attitude toward the teachers and disenchanted by the court ruling, Phil DeBoard resigned as president of the BCE A.
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