The Pantagraph from Bloomington, Illinois • Page 8

A8 THE PANTAGRAPH, Sunday, Oct. 4, 1987 (HID (to D2 I fWWSJ 2 "5 fSt Hie only i 1 roast Deer The PantgraphAAAREEN O'CONNOR Fade to black The wrecking ball brought down the house literally yesterday as the historic Irvin Theater was demolished. The downtown Bloomington structure, vacant for several years, is owned by Second Presbyterian Church. The church plans to spread grass seed for a winter cover and decide the lot's fate in the spring. dmertiiat comes wth and ham.

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The agreement must be ratified by the 28,000 members of the Chicago Teachers Union, who scheduled a vote for today. They have been on strike since Sept. 8. lit they approve the pact, they will return to schools Monday for a day of preparation before the district's 430,000 students return to class Tuesday, Mayor Harold Washington said at a morning news conference at City Hall. Largest selection of glass paperweights, eggs and pertume bottles in the Midwest.

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"Parent pressure had a big role to play in resolving the strike," the mayor said. The two-year agreement calls for a 4 percent salary increase in the first year, with raises in the second year contingent on funding received by the Chicago Board of Education. The agreement also calls for reductions in class size in some schools. The board had said previously it couldn't afford to reduce class size because that would requiring hiring more teachers. "I wouldn't say the agreement savages the school district, but it will hurt," said Frank Gardner, school board president.

The teacher pay raise is effective Monday, he said. Gardner said the agreement calls for an 180-day school year, with all 18 school days lost to the strike to be made up. The agreement will cost the district $43.8 million, he said. "We did not get all of what we wanted but it's the first step in returning professionalism to teachers," said Chicago Teachers Union President Jacqueline Vaughn, who scheduled a meeting with union members today. On Friday, the teachers rejected an offer by the school board of a 3 percent raise in a one-year contract, which also offered full pay for the 19 work days that were canceled by the strike.

Chicago Superintendent Manford Byrd said Saturday's agreement will mean the immediate layoff of about 500 school employees, and eventually could mean 1,272 layoffs. Most hard hit by cuts will be assistant principals and counselors, followed by teachers aides, engineers, custodians and central administrative office employees, he said. Although the agreement does not call for teacher layoffs, some could result as certified teachers in ad-ministrive positions are reassigned to classrooms, Byrd said. Asked why it took so long to make an offer acceptable to the teachers, Gardner said, "We wanted to maintain as many programs as possible. "With the agreement I think we will get more work from fewer people, which could result in more fatigue than what is wanted in the school system," he said.

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