MAY 19TH, 2008 AT 12:10PM
IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY
PLEASE ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE
TENTATIVE AGENDA
1. UBC/ADM MEETING
2. MASTER SCHEDULE
3. PROPOSITION ÒAÓ
4. OTHER MEMBERSHIP CONCERNS
UBC MEETING MINUTES/SUMMARY 5/12/08
24 MEMBERS WERE PRESENT:
UBC REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT:
C.MALTBY,J.GERBER,A.BROWN,L.WOOTEN,D.BRYSON,M.MCCACHREN,J.GALGANO
UBC ALTERNATES PRESENT:A.REYNOLDS,J.SHELDON
1. DISCUSSION ON TOPICS FOR FRIDAYS SECOND SCHEDULED UBC/ADM MEETING
5/16/08AMONG ALL PRESENT
2. MASTER SCHEDULE AND STAFFING DISCUSSED, THE PRINCIPAL HAS YET TO
DISCUSS OR CONSULT WITH THE UBC ON THE MASTER SCHEDULE, YET HE HAS
SOUGHT TO UNILATERALLY CORE THE SITEÕS SDC PROGRAM WITHOUT DISCUSSION
WITH SPED TEACHERS , NOR THEIR APPROVAL, (J.GERBER)
3. CORING IN SDC WAS DISCUSSED BY LINDA ELLIS HOW IT WORKS IN HIGH
SCHOOL, BUT IT WAS NOT REQUIRED AT OUR SITE, SO WE ARE UNSURE WHY THE
PRINCIPAL IS PUSHING THIS, FOR NO REQUESTED DIRECTIVE WAS EVER PROVIDED
STATING IT WOULD BE REQUIRED HERE.,(J.SHELDON)
4. DISCUSSION ON THE NEED TO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC READING PROGRAM HERE
USING NOVELS AS WAS DONE AT OUR SITE FOUR YEARS PRIOR, MANY TEACHERS
DISCUSSED THEIR PROBLEMS WITH THE CURRENT REQUIRED MATERIALS FOR
READING.
5. TEACHERS DISCUSSED RELIEF THE SCHOOL DAY WATER BOTTLE SALSE HAVE
DECLINED. SOME TEACHERS STATED THEY WERE UPSET THAT ADULTS WERE TELLING
STUDENTS IT WAS THE TEACHERS FAULT THAT BOTTLES WERE NO LONGER BEING
SOLD. THE REQUEST WAS FOR BOTTLES ONLY TO BE SOLD BEFORE SCHOOL,DURING
LUNCH, AND AFTER SCHOOL, AND NOT THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DAY WHICH
CREATED A LOT OF DISRUPTIVE AND UNSAFE PROBLEMS DURING SCHOOL.
6. RETIREMENT BRUNCH DISCUSSED FOR MAY 30TH,2008, MS BROWN WILL COLLECT
MONIES FOR THIS EVENT.
7. SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS STATED THEY WERE NOT BEING PROVIDED WITH
BATHROOM KEYS, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PRINCIPAL LOST A GRIEVANCE OVER
THIS ISSUE AND AGREED TO DISTRIBUTE KEYS TO SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS WHY
THIS IS BEGINNING AGAIN IS UNCLEAR, WILL DISCUSS AT FRIDAYÕS UBC/ADM
MEETING.(J.GALGANO)
8. ALISA BROWN- HAS OFFERED THE USE OF HER HOME, FOR MAY 19TH,2008
PHONE BANKING EFFORT TO PASS PROPOSITION ÒAÓ, ALL MEMBERS WHO HAD
VOLUNTEERED TO DO THIS WERE THANKED AND ALL OTHERS PRESENT WERE URGED
TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PHONE BANKING EFFORT AND LEAFLETTING OF
NEIGHBORHOODS TO PASS PROPOSITION ÒAÓ,(J.GALGANO)
UBC/ADM MEETING 5/16/08
SECOND SCHEDULED UBC/ADM MEETING 5/16/08
ABSENT: PRINCIPAL (NO REASON PROVIDED)
PRESENT:M.MCCACHREN,J.GERBER,B.SOUCH,C.MALTBY,J.GERBER, A.BROWN.
1. RETALIATION /INVOLUNTARY REASSIGNMENT GRIEVANCE PROVIDED TO M.HARPER
2. DISCUSSION AMONG AMONG MEMBERS PRINCIPAL HAS BEEN GOING TO TEACHERS
PRIOR TO DISCUSSION WITH UBC TELLING TEACHERS WHAT COURSES THEY WOULD
BE TEACHING. THIS IS BEING DONE AT THE SAME TIME THE PRINCIPAL
PREVIOUSLY STATED HE WOULD NOT MAKE DECISIONS UNTIL ALL THE CLASSLISTS
HAD BEEN PROVIDED AND DISCUSSING IT WITH THE UBC, A DIRECT VIOLATIONOF
25.3.7,
* 9.3.3.5 By March 15th, staffing allocations for the following year
are provided to
the schools, with copies provided to the Union; these allocations may
reflect District layoff plans for August, if any.
9.3.3.6 By April 1st, the first voluntary transfer process is conducted
pursuant to
Article 15, Staffing and Assignment, of the Agreement, unless the
District
and the Union agree to cancel/postpone said process.
9.3.3.7 By May 15th, a second voluntary transfer request process,
pursuant to
Article 15, Staffing and Assignment, of the Agreement, is conducted for
the following school year, but prior to the end of the current school
year;
the District and the Union may mutually agree to cancel/postpone said
process.
9.3.3.8 By May 25th based upon the projections and allocations
described herein,
the preliminary master programs and elementary class lists are prepared
at each site by the administration in consultation with the UBC and
distributed to the staff.
25.3.6 The UBC at each site shall have timely access to all pertinent,
nonconfidential
information available to site administration regarding staffing,
assignment, programming, facilities management and planning, staff
development, and budgeting, and including timelines and deadlines as
set by
district administration.
25.3.7 The UBC shall meet with site administration to share information
and ideas
with the goal of achieving consensus agreement on matters of mutual
concern
regarding the operation of the site including staffing, assignment,
programming, facilities management and planning, staff development, and
budgeting, and including timelines and deadlines as set by district
administration, and all other matters pertaining to school policy and
operations.
25.3.1 The site administrator shall meet at least once a month with up
to seven (7)
members of the Union Building Committee on matters of contract
administration. This committee shall also coordinate site elections to
identify
representatives for various other functions within the contract. The
UBC shall
have a place on the agenda at each faculty meeting, and shall have the
opportunity to make a brief statement/report on matters of Union
concern or
business.
· DISCUSSION ON CONVERSATION WITH MR.HARPER , THAT HE WILL BEGIN
REDIRECTING ALL STUDENTS WITH REFERRALS TO THE CAFETERIA TO REVIEW, IF
IT IS A DISCIPLINARY OR WELLNESS MATTER. WILL DISCUSS WITH UBC IN
FUTURE WAY TO STAFF BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL DETENTION.
· DISCUSSION HOW EERIE CONVERSATION PROVIDED AT GARDEN AND TECHNOLOGY
MEETING DURING LUNCH TIME ON THRURSDAY.
· DISCUSSION OF COMMUNICATION WITH STATE AGENCIES AND MAILINGS SENT OUT
ACCORDINGLY TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON ASSAULT AND HARRASSMENT CASES
REGARDING STUDENTS , PRIOR TO COMPLAINT BEING FILED WITH STATE AGENCIES
ON SITE AND SFUSD POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS.
· IT WAS NOTED THIS WAS THE SECOND SCHEDULED UBC/ADM MEETING WITH THE
PRINCIPAL ,HE HAS CHOSEN NOT TO ATTEND WITHOUT ANY COMMUNICATION.
· ALL AVAILABLE SITE MONIES MUST BE USED TO PRESERVE ALL STAFF
POSITIONS AT OUR SITE ACCORDING TO CONTRACT LANGUAGE AND MEMO TO
PRINCIPALS STATING MONIES SHALL BE USED TO DO THIS AS A PRIORITY,
INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY BY SFUSD SCHOOL BOARD TO MAKE SURE THIS
DIRECTIVE IS BEING FOLLOWED
MAY UESF MEETINGS:
May 19, 2008
Special Education Committee Meeting
4:00 p.m. @ Civic Center Secondary School (727 Golden Gate Ave., Room
207 [map])
May 21, 2008
COMMITTEE MEETINGS:
- Paraprofessional
- Middle School
4:00 p.m. @ Civic Center Secondary School (727 Golden Gate Ave. [map])
May 28, 2008
Assembly Meeting
4:15 p.m. @ Civic Center Secondary School (727 Golden Gate Ave. [map])
June 2, 2008
Joint UESF/SFUSD Special Education Committee Meeting
4:00 p.m. @ Civic Center Secondary School (727 Golden Gate Ave., Room
207 [map])
June 3, 2008
ELECTION DAY
Vote Yes on Proposition A!
JOIN US MONDAY EVENING AT 5PM
TO MAKE PHONE CALLS
TO PASS PROPOSITION ÒAÓ
THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING WHO HAVE AGREED TO MEET AT
ALISA BROWNÕS HOME
259 PRAGUE STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CA. 94112
CROSS STREET PERSIA
TO MAKE PHONE CALLS MAY 19TH, 2008 BEGINNING AT 5PM
TO HELP US PASS THE PARCEL TAX , PROPOSITION ÒaÓ
1. DONNA LANGSTON
2. Miranda doyle
3. Jessie Alsip
4. Christopher scerri
5. patricia koka
6. MAURICE HARPER
7. roji behr
8. FELICIDAD PIERCE
9. JAENAM KO
10. nancy hoffman
11. lenda butcher
12. Lloyd schuknecht
13. Zachary maltby
14. Michael schickenberg
15. ORLANDA PADILLA
16. MAE LINH BLAKE
17. JAMES GALGANO
18. MAELY WONG
19. MS VILLEGAS
20. ALL OTHERS ARE WELCOME AND URGED TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE
PLEASE!!!!!!!!
a. dinner will be served
b. you do not have to stay the whole time
c. you are welcome to bring your significant others to help
THANK YOU É.JAMES A. GALGANO
