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Local communities salute the Red, White and Blue

Eastman will be having their Fourth of July this Thursday, beginning with the parade at 10 a.m. There will be mud volleyball, food stands, children’s games and of course little league following the parade. There will be music on the grounds by the Back Home Boys in the evening, and a raffle drawing at 8 p.m. Fireworks will begin at dusk. The village of Bagley will kick off its July 4 celebration extravaganza with the big parade beginning at 10:30 a.m. The parade will be followed by a chicken bar-b-que, which is sure to satisfy patriots of all ages. Bargain hunters will enjoy the all-day flea market and bingo and children’s games will be running all day as well. The Bagley celebration will be capped off by a spectacular fireworks display, which will begin shortly after dusk.

Prohibitive practice hearings continue at PdC School District

The Prairie du Chien Education Association met with the District Administrator, Prairie du Chien School Board members and a Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission examiner for prohibitive practice hearings June 25 and 26 at B.A. Kennedy Elementary School. As outcomes of the hearings, one complaint was settled and a stipulation was read into the record, by which the Prairie du Chien School Board agreed to process all grievances. The district settled a complaint by teacher Tammy Stovey for $154, according to H. LeRoy Roberts, an executive director of the South West Education Association. Stovey had taught several students from another class, in addition to her own, for three days and had asked for compensation for substitute teaching as defined in the contract, according to Roberts, who is representing the Prairie du Chien Education Association. Stovey and the association were willing to settle for $36 early on, but the school district had said no. As part of the hearings June 25 and 26, the school district agreed to settle for $154. The district and its lawyers have met several times with education association representatives since the education association filed its prohibitive practice complaint Jan. 25. There are still three prohibitive practice complaints affecting four teachers that remain to be decided by the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission hearing examiner. Roberts said that the three remaining complaints are expected to be finished around September. They include a complaint concerning emergency leave, another concerning special education classes with extra students beyond what state law allows and a third concerning combined classes. In other action during the prohibitive practice hearings held June 25 and 26, a stipulation involving the proper processing of grievances was read into the record. In the prohibitive practice complaint, the Prairie du Chien Education Association had accused the school district of refusing to deal with grievances. On June 26, the hearing examiner read into the record as a resolution the following stipulation: “The Prairie du Chien School District agrees to abide by its legal obligation to process all grievances, advanced by the Union, according to the Negotiated Agreement between the Prairie du Chien Board of Education and the Prairie du Chien Education Association. It is understood that the obligation to process grievances through the arbitration step is not legally required during a contract hiatus period.” Roberts said that the school district is required by contract and by state law to process all grievances.