No charges are to be filed from the Wednesday picket line incident.

By Jordan Cohen | September 12, 2008 at 12:00a.m.

NEWTON FALLS — The day after an agreement ended a strike by the district’s 82 teachers, School Superintendent David Wilson said he is unconcerned about calls for his ouster, referring to them as “juvenile.”

The rancor against Wilson was on display during a meeting attended by several hundred people Wednesday at the Newton Falls Community Center. Although word of the strike settlement had reached the group, a number of speakers still called for Wilson to be removed from his position.

“When you sit as a superintendent, you become an easy target, and I don’t get worked up over that,” Wilson said. “It’s so juvenile I don’t pay much attention.”

Instead, the superintendent, who is a former Newton Falls mayor, said his focus Thursday was on making sure “we are back to education” on the first day after the strike’s conclusion.

“There were no problems to speak of,” Wilson said.

The strike ended Wednesday when the two sides — the school board and the Newton Falls Classroom Teachers Association — reached agreement on binding arbitration over wage issues.

Treasurer Samantha Foy released figures showing the district spent a total of $45,340 to pay for substitute teachers during the four-day strike. Foy said the teachers lost $27,000 per day in wages and benefits, however.

“That’s a total of $108,000 that the district did not pay because of the strike,” Foy said. She declined to estimate what the charges will be for security and the company responsible for locating substitutes because none of the bills have been received.

Meanwhile, the city prosecutor’s office has decided not to file charges against Marcita Spencer, Comstock Avenue, Warren, a substitute teacher whose car struck and injured a striking teacher on the picket line Wednesday.

Dale Loewit, a high school instructor, was treated for minor injuries and released from Forum Health Trumbull Memorial Hospital.

“I’ve made a decision after conferring with the prosecutor and law director not to file charges due to a lack of evidence,” said Joseph Vingle, assistant prosecutor.

Police had been considering charges of negligent assault, however Vingle said he could not find any indication of criminal intent. Spencer, no age available, was driving onto school property when the accident occurred.