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Show expires tl3'2S6 V 50rDNS BOOKBINDERY, INC. R . IHBP0RT ., I ; Teachers sign salary pact i t Members of the Alpine School District Board of Education were expected to accept a contract agreement between the district and the teachers last evening at their regular monthly business meeting held at district offices in American r Fork. Teachers in the district voted to ratify the contract for the 1985-86 school year Nov. 7 with results of the balloting released Nov. 8. A spokesman at Bonneville Uniserve, which serves the teachers, said there were 805 yes votes for acceptance of the contract and 44 no votes. This was a 94 percent vote for the contract by those who voted on the issue, it was noted. Only teachers who are members of the Alpine Education Association could vote on the action. Under the agreement, the teachers will receive a 4.8 percent base salary increase, retroactive to July 1, 1985, with teachers to be reimbursed for their having taught during the first quarter of this school T iM In i .nil IF'i inllllTI- IM year. Nick Franklin, immediate past president of the AEA and spokesman during the six month negotiations period, said the teachers feel like the negotiating team did the best they could under the circumstances. He said, "This doesn't mean they're happy with the increase," adding, "I feel like the teachers understood what the situation was." Negotiations for the next school year will begin in six months, Ardy Greening, AEA president pointed out. Mrs. Greening said the negotiating team for the up-coming contract negotiations will be basically the same one that negotiated the current contract. She said one of the items to be discussed in up-coming weeks will be the possibility of a multi-year contract. This, she and Franklin said, could only be a possibility if teacher rights are protected. |