Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

son! 4. 7V Lowttt, Oadtr 4. IMS
NEWS.
District rampant
with problems
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Corocjo li receiving unmerited
disability pay surftccd, but apptftntbeve
not affoctal his appoiotnienl.
More Importantly, in August the
San Francisco Classroom Teachers
Association (SFCTA). the official
union oarjainiagafcnt for the ditfrict
tocben, could not come to agree*
mcot with the district over p«y raise*
and • new schedule, among other
minor issues.
Judy Daivnooica, SFCTA Praln.
stated that Alkxo's removal did
* merit any change in the union's
dealings with the district.
••SupcrintcnJem tie supaiwcndciai
whomever they heppea to be." the
Hie stagnant force in the labor
nefouatkxn wu, of course.« wage
tact ease. The SFCTA demanded a 17
percent Increase while the district w»
only prepared to offer 4 pcrtxot.
After month* of struggle, • com*
promise was achieved with the help
of San Francisco Board of Supervisors
member Quentin Kopp.
The new $6.8 million contract will
give the district's 3.800 teachers a 93
percent pi y increase daring the
198546 school year. The wage hike
will be divided into two lUges: a ti
pc. -niie which began September
1 ana . " "cVcnt raise effective
Fcbroaty i
The 4.5 perccia... ue b stitl under
speoilaiioa, however. CDmejo «•
pifiined that the* fuadi are scheduled
to be paid by :hc state voluntary
- ^^ f * f *- 'inetets no
assurance we'ii get thaie hinds."
Committed.
Kopfoffered.". ..we have every
foliation well get ibe rxecy."
The 9 i pacer* salary increase wffl
raise B beginning teacher's annual
saluy from S18.430 to 520.273. An
I experienced teacher will receive
lOJTIOSMW
Unfortunately, the district's problems
do not end with (he contract
scll'cmrnt. The San Francisco
Federation orTeacren (SFFT). led
by former Lowell French leacher
Joan-Marie Shelly. U vowinj to lead
a drive lo change ihe leacher bargaining
agent from the SFCTA lo the
SFFT. Slated Julie Koppkh. an SFFT
otnclal. "There'll probably be
another decerlification election next
spring"."
Replied Dellamonica. "Yet. we
have no doubt they will ch»'.l:n«c u>
neat spring. Ai modi a> the SF AFT
(SFrn wanti to defeat us -v, 4on'l
think they ii succeed."
The problem* between Ihe two
unions stem frcm SFFTdia-ges tha
t* SFCTA docs not permit non-
SFCTA dues paying members to v«e
on teacher tnatlen.
"The SFCTA has never allowed -x.
lo vote on a contract or any issue."
one SFFT member stated.
The SFFT ". . always tUowed
teachers to vote, whether they paid
dues or not. We fell we represented
every teacher, and every teacher had
a right lo vole." said Koppkh.
Dcllamorrca presented a differing
opinkM. "We doo'l male a difterenliatioa.
but it's the members who piy
dues who make the folicy dccistem."
Tensions were cviient even at
Lowell. For eJVmpSe. social science
leacher Nancy Hayes promincn'ly
displayed her AFT (Ac SFFT national
organization) pin for several
weeks to protest Ihe SFCTA's handling
of the contract bargaining.
The new contract eipircs in June
of 1986. Both unions are obviously
prepared to fight over the riglu to
collective bargain, h is alu In June
of 1986 that a permanent supcrintendccl
is scheduled to be appointed.
Band room burglarized
bj Deeds Jones
Th: Lowell Cteative Ans Departmen
suffered a major lows of S32.000
in stolen equipment and danwfes
when the Band/Orchestra Room » as
burglarired early this summer.
On Friday. June 12. at arprm-
Imatety I:CO a.m.. a: lea« one. but
probably sncral n >er uTidemificd
persons broke into rcom 70 and stok
instruments ranging from fa\ophones.
trumpets, trombones, and
bauoons 10 string inurements, an
ekwri:boss.a»yloprioneand»aric»rs
percussion inslrurtimts.
The liuevci. suspected by intcstigrtors
ti> be »f student age. arc
thoLghl lo have broken Jirou«h a
'A code': Is it on its way back?
ByJaiooMlntl
Rmember the days when free
mods weren't just atreasured huury
of the part? Those days will return
soon (/ ail |re> well, and A-code
classes male their way back into Ihe
forrfmn
What caused the reshaping of the
highly successful Lowell Plan of
yean gone by? California school
districts were offetrd extra funds
upon compliance with Slate Senate
Bill 113. which stipulates thai
studeMs be presented the opportunity
to nxesvc64.S0Onifnute* per ye»r
restore A-cnJes before the end of the
semester." stated Fibish in a recent
interview wah Die lonrIL Fibish.
who retard* the rv-» schedule as "a
stnightjackel" has best working
round Ihe clock with tkc Stale Board
of Education in an attempt to brin;
back the old jchedulc. Concerning
mcdular scheduling he said. "If we
lose it now. we will lose il foreSTr."
\Mry shuul Lowell IT exempt from
£B 813? "Lo»e£ is already suo
ccssful beyond the dream of SB
813." commented one faculty
member, because Lowell students
have O/MQVS had Ihe very opportunities
proposed by th; till.
"An important pan of this opportunity."
defended Fisbish. "is Ihe
abiVty to meet with tochers, to sit
down acd plan together, to go to
resource centers, to do work.
Resource center; here have
undeniably been far more functional
than Ihe type of study hall you imtht
find is another school."
"It maka an assumpuo tha/ the
classroom is where the learaifta; takes
pttce. 1 don't believe thst U Ihe
case." he argued. "Pcoplo learn just
when they sit and study togcrW. One
altokarna somctiraei bes: with a
creatlvt passe, where hr can stop
dtmkint. dear hi. minj, snd then
return to whaievu- -i was rs; was dohg."
Finish mil) belives la the Lowell
Ptin tad has made clear his stance
refanliaj rta par success which has
led LoweD to constant], ttak M one
of the best high schools, public «
private in L"ic United States. "If
Over the »trktcd tt*t followed the
loddcnt, approximately • thousand
dollars worth of mMtument* »zrc
fuund on campai.
Wally Lewis. Lowell's gardener.
discovered several inunnnents in the
M est end of the campus by the temporary
clxurooms. *
Fquipmrct was a)u* found in the
bushes b. the vrccr fields by
memben of a soccer tc3fn coachev by
faculty member Emit Fetbuih.
The police believe that the burglars
left son*- of the iwtnimenu behind
while trying to inure • flukk
gc-awsy.
In piecing dctallf together, the
police conclude that the inJiviUuals
perpetrated the entirr crime in >iauc.
wirrlow near room 5. They «ercab!c
to avoid three burglar alai *• since many fingerprints were
•** ditcovcittl tn ihr band room.
Zahtilla feels confident tlut the
'It was awful. burglars will cvenutUy bo cauynl.
"Their fingerprints are on fJc at the
Everything was on police station. The police even know
has no money lo reimburse the Music
Dcpanmttil: that is in the hands of
the school diioicL Believe me. I've
yelled lie he.) about this ivic." stid
Fibish.
Zahtilh tan'l waiting for Ihe school
"/ just want to
assure everyone
that the Lowell
Band and Orchestra
will not drop
out of
year."
district to reimounc him. though.
"We've supported ounclwt In the
- _ # . of avhucsdcywrc wearing. The bind at a disadvantage because ll«c band
WClS DlOOU every- wiUge.iuwwiura^backevewua.- waswpponedlarrelybyiuiobsout
y ly," Zahtilla cornmented. of school that will now have to be
Although many of the instruments
weic inwirtd. Zithtitla uid "Not all
of the ir>V umenu can be replaced.
broke their way into the hand room. Neither the bond nor the school has
apparently with no.
the tundi in icplacc the ttolcn item*."
"The burglcn did finally set off «n "The band U barely functioning
alarm, but by the time the police a*> right now. We h*\e nudftere."
The police uupect that in trying to
force their way intu the band office,
the burjlan suflcrcd severe anx.
"Thrrc w»« bltxtd all €ivcr my office.
You ctn still see some of the stains.*'
uidZahtiUa. Paul ZahlUla amDs, but tlmr are
I problems.
in class with no imtntments. Almost
all my petctnsion ifmrumenu arc
gone. It U four nonths later, and my
door stilt ^n't fixed, and Ihe dung is.
waiting for approval by letter from I sceni to he the only cne concerned
Mitch Voydat of the State Depart- abojt this." he added.
mem of fciiucaiion. do his best to ex- Principsl Alan Fibhh ia concemindite
the return of the A-code. The cd, though "
letter Mjd in pan:
< canceUed because we don't ha« all
the imtrumems. Our Da.*ticip«tion in
the Rtngo ftiodraiur. will help." he
tad.
"1 Just wan: to .*aure everyone that
Ihr Lowell Band and Orchestra will
not drop out of light this year. We
are still planning to play for the student
body at .ill of tte rallies, the
spirit event*. anJ at ths football
gams. The burglary ho hurt us badly,
but we'll maVe it!" he assurrd.
The burgluy has been disquieting
for many Lowell Band and Orchestra
members. "There must be a real
skknest in * penoo," on: band
member commerced, "to make him