OCTOBER 6, 2008 AT 12:10PM IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY
PLEASE ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE
TENTATIVE AGENDA ITEMS:
1. NEED VOLUNTEERS TO PHONE BANK OCTOBER 23RD, 2008
FROM 5PM TO 7PM AT DAVID WILLIAMS HOME. UESF WILL PROVIDE CELL PHONES
AND DINNER.WE WILL CALL TO ELECT UNION FRIENDLY SCHOOL BOARD AND HELP
ELECT BARACK OBAMA. PLEASE SIGN UP AND/OR EMAIL TO PARTICIPATE.
2. EVLUATIONS
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REPRSENTATION THROUGH EVRY STEP OF THE EVALUATION
PROCESS ASK FOR INFORMATION AND HELP BEFORE YOUR PRE-OBSERVATION
MEETING.
3. SSC ELECTION RESULTS SEE BELOW.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION. THANK YOU TO THE UESF LOCAL 61 SITE
ELECTION BALLOT COMMITTEE.
4. CONSISTENCY OF DISCIPLINE ENFORCEMENT
BELOW LAST WEEKS MINUTES AND ELECTION RESULTS IS OUR CURRENT SCHOOL
WIDE DISCIPLINE , WHICH WAS APPROVED BY 36 0F 40 MEMBERS VOTING, THE
UBC UNANIMOUSLY ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND THE UBC/ADM UNANIMOUSLY ON TWO
OCCASIONS, AS WELL AS THE SSC VOTED TO ADD IT AS AN ADDENDUM TO OUR SSC
SITE PLAN UNANIMOUSLY AS WRITTEN. TO DATE THE POLICIES OF THIS PLAN
HAVE YET TO BE IMPLEMENTED AND ENFORCED BY CURRENT ADMINISTRATION AS
APPROVED.
A. NEED FOR CONSISTENT CONSEQUENCES
B. NEED FOR FULLY STAFFED IN SCHOOL SUPSENSION ROOM AND DETENTION ROOM
NOT IN COUNSELLING OFFICE AS WRITTEN
C. OTHER MEMBERSHIP CONCERNS REGARDING DISCIPLINE.
5. OTHER MEMBERSHIP CONCERNS
UBC MEETING MINUTES/SUMMARY SEPTEMBER 29,2008
21 MEMBERS ATTENDED/PARTICIPATED- THANK YOU
UBC REPRESENTATIVES: GERBER,BROWN,BRYSON,MOORE,MCCACHREN,WOOTEN,GALGANO
UBC ALTERNATES: REYNOLDS, SHELDON
1. GALGANO: PHONE BANK FOR OBAMA AND UESF LOCAL 61 BACKED SCHOOL BOARD
CANDIATES, THURSADY OCTOBER 23RD, 2008 FROM 5PM TO 7M. YOU DO NOT HAVE
TO STAY THE WHOLE TIME. UNION CELL PHONES AND DINNER WILL BE PROVIDED.
FAMILY MEMBERS ARE WELCOME!!!!!!!
2. GALGANO: ADMINISTRATORS HAVE BEEN ASKED FOR COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY AND
DISASTER PLAN TEMPLATES TO FILL THESE COMMITTEE LISTS ACCORDING TO
CONTRACT BY 10/01/08. WITH TURNOVER OF 11 PERSONS ONCE MORE TRAINING OF
MEMBERS IS A PRIORITY NEED AS IS PUTTING IN PLACE THIS PLAN AND THESE
COMMITTEES.
3. GALGANO/MCCACHREN/GERBER: UESF MIDDLE SCHOOL UNION COMMITTEE
MEETING. SFUSD WANTS TO CHANG GRIEVACNCE LANGUAGE. TAKING CENTER STAGE
HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED WITH NOR IMPROVED BY UESF , SO NOT A MANDATORY
POLICY MERELY TOOLS YOU MAY USE.
4. GALGANO: PASSES OUT ONCE MORE PREDESIGNATION DOCTOR FORMS TO MEMBERS
URGES THEM TO FILL OUT AND RETURN ASAP.
5. MCCACHREN: MAKE SURE YOU GET IT SIGNED OFF BY SFUSD WHEN YOU TURN IT
IN AND ALWAYS KEEP A COPY FOR YOUR RECORDS.
6. GALGANO: IN SCHOOL SUPSENSION ROOM IS NOT YET IN PLACE AS ACCORDING
TO OUR SITE FACULTY/STAF, UBC/ADM AND SSC APPROVED SCHOOL WIDE
DISCIPLINE PLAN REQUIRES THIS NEEDS TO BE PUT IN PLACE
7. GERBER: MANY TEACHERS ALSO WANT TO BE PROVIDED A CONSISTENT TARDY
ENFORCEMENT POLICY AND A DAILY RECORD OF TARDIES AND ABSENCES AS WE
RECEIVED LAST YEAR AFTER THIRD PERIOD.
8. BROWN: WE NEED A RECORD OF THESE SYSTEMIC TARDIES DAILY AND WEEKLY.
9. GALGANO: REFUSAL TO TAKE OFF NON UNIFORM SWEATER OR REMOVE
NON-UNIFORM GARMENTS IS AN ACT OF DEFIANCE AS PREVIOUSLY AGREED AND
NEEDS TO BE TREATED AS SUCH.
10. GERBER : THIS NON-UNIFORM SIGN OFF SHEET WAS ONLY VOLUNTARY AND IT
IS NOT WORKING.
11. MOORE: STATES IT IS WORKING OR HIM
12. OTHER TEACHERS: STAT THIS IS NOT WORKING. NO ENFORCMENT OR
CONSEQUENCE
13. MOORE: WITH STUDENTS WHO CUT OR PURPOSELY GET REMOVED FROM CLASS TO
HANG OUT IN THE COUNSELLING OFFICE. THIS IS NOT WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
OCCURING. DISCIPLINE ROOM WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE COUNSELLING
OFFICE.
14. BELLUOMINI: HAVE EFFECTIVELY USED THREAT OF HAVING PARENT COME SIT
IN CLASS OR BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS. A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TARDIS SHOULD
GENERATE REQUIRED PARENT VISITS TO CHANGE THIS BEHAVIOR.
15. OTHER TEACHERS: VOICE AGREEMENT
16. SOUCH: SOUCH THE USEE OF THIS BUDDY ROOM IS ALSO BEECOMING A
PROBLEM. STUDENTS OFTEN COME WITHOUT WORK OR ARE IN NO MOOD TO WORK SO
DISRUPT THIS BUDDY ROOM CLASSROOM.
17. SHELDON: THIS DISCIPLINE PLAN NEEDS TO BE EENFORCED AND
CONSEQUENCES PROVIDED BY ADMINISTRATION AS WE AGREED. IT IS NOT BEING
DONE AND ONCE AGAIN BEING LEFT ONLY TO THE TEACHER TO ENFORCE.
18. BRYSON: THE KEY HERE IS THE STAFING O THE IN SCHOOL SUSPENSION ROOM
DURING THE SCHOOL DAY AND AN ATER SCHOOL DETENTION ROOM AS WE ONCE HAD
EFECTIVELY IN PLACE UNDER THE PREVIOUS DEAN OF STUDENTS. THEY ALSO NEED
TO BE GIVEN WORK SO THEY DO NOT WANT TO BE IN THIS ROOM AGAIN.
19. SHELDON: A ISS ROOM PERSON WITH A STRONG PRSONALITY NEEDS TO STAFF
THIS ROOM.
20. DOYLE: IT IS ALSO A PROBLEM WHEN STUDENTS COME INTO THE BUILDING
BEFORE SCHOOL OR BEOR LUNCH IS OVER.CAUSING A LOT OF PROBLEMS.
21. HALLORAN: WHY ARE WE STILL ASKING FOR THIS IN SCHOOL DETENTION ROOM
AND AFTR SCHOOL DETENTION, I THOUGHT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVEE IT IN
PLACE.
22. OTHER TEACHERS AGREE
23. BROWN: INCREASINGLY KIDS ARE ONCE MORE EVERY WHERE ,NEEDING
UNIFORMS, IN THE HALLWAYS,DISRUPTING OTHER CLASSES
24. BROWN/MOORE: THIS PREOCUPPATION MEETING UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS IS
WASTING A LOT OF CLASSTIME TO ENFORCE AND GET UNIFORMS ETC….
25. MOORE: RED SHEET HAS BEEN 50% EFECTIVE FOR ME, STILL THERE ARE
BEGINNING TO B A lot OF 8TH GRADERS OUT OF UNIFORM AND IF NOTHING IS
DONE THIS NUMBER WILL GROW THROUGHOUT THE GRADES.
26. GERBER: WE MUST ONCE MORE AS A UBC MET WITH ADM TO URGE THEM TO
OLLOW OUR SCHOOL WIDE AGREEMENTS AS AGREED TO AND ENFORCE CONSISTENT
CONSEQUENCES.
27. MOORE: YES WE NEED TO GET THIS SETTELD WITH ADM AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
28. GERBER: IF YOU ARE BEING EVALUATED AND NEE ASSISTANCE THROUGH THEE
PROCESS CONTACT MR GALGANO OR OTHE UBC MEMEBRS
29. GALGANO: PLEASE COME TO MY ROOM AND DISCUSS ANY OF YOUR CONCERNS
ABOUT THIS PROCESS. PLEASE REMEMBER ,YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO
REPRESEENTATION EVERY STEP O THE WAY.
RECORDERS: M.JOHNSON/J.GALGANO
SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL 2008 ELECTION RESULTS
SSC UESF LOCAL 61 ELECTION BALLOT COMMITTEE
1. LLOYD SCHUCKNECHT
2. MICHAEL SCHICKENBERG
3. MS. RATTANVILAY-SEADER
4. CARLOS RAMIREZ – SSC PARENT REPRESENTATIVE
5. TWO OF MS. RATTANVILAY-SEADER'S STUDENTS
31 OF 47 UESF LOCAL 61 MEMBERS VOTED EQUALS 66% VOTED
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION!
SSC CLASSIIED STAFF ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE:
1. REGINA HARO – 19 VOTES ELECTED
2. NO VOTES - 0
SSC FACULTY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE POSITIONS:
1. DANIELLE BELLUOMINI – 16 VOTES – 1ST ALTERNATE
2. MIRANDA DOYLE –22 VOTES – ELECTED
3. JAMES A. GALGANO – 29 VOTES – ELECTED
4. DR. ELEVA GIBSON – 22 VOTES – ELECTED
5. JOESPH MOORE – 21 VOTES ELECTED
6. DIANNE REYNOLDS –19 VOTES –ELECTED
7. JAMIE SHELDON –10 VOTES – 2ND ALTERNATE
31 OF 47 UESF MEMBERS VOTED EQUALS 66% PARTICIPATION
ALL UESF LOCAL 61 ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES FOR 2008-2009 ARE ALSO
ELIGIBLE TO BE ALTERNATES ACCORDING PAST PRACTICE IN THE EVENT OF A SSC
REPRESENTATIVE'S ABSENCE DURING A SCC MEETING.
****AS HAS BEEN PAST PRACTICE AT THIS SITE ALL SSC REPRESENTATIVE TERMS
HAVE BEEN,ARE, AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE FOR TWO YEAR TERMS UNTIL CHANGED
BY UBC BYLAW. WHEN VACANCIES COME UP AN ELECTION IS HELD TO FILL A
VACANCY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THAT TERM THIS BEEN PAST PRACTICE AND
CONTINUES TO BE FOLLOWED TO DATE. THUS SSC ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCIES
OF ABSENT OR DEPARTING SSC MEMBERS TERMS ARE ONLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THAT REPRSNTATIVES TERM. THUS EVERY TWO YEARS EVERY SSCCERTIFICATED AND
CLASSIFIED REPRESENTATIVE POSITION BECOMES VACANT AND OPEN TO THE
NOMINATING AND ELECTION PROCESS FOR A TWO YEAR TERM. THIS IS THE WAY
THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN CARRIED ON PRIOR TO MY COMING HERE IN 1999 AND
ACCORDING TO MS. DIANNE REYNOLDS SINCE SHE HAS BEEN AT THIS SITE
(APPROXIMATELY 20 YEARS.)
CURRENT SITE CONTRACTUAL VIOLATIONS
1. COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY AND DISASTER PLAN HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED
ACCORDING TO PROCESS BY 10/01/08 DEADLINE.
14. Health and Safety
14.1 The Union and the District agree that the right to personal safety
and recognized
standards for healthful conditions on school premises and a learning
environment
free from unnecessary disruption are priority considerations.
14.1.1 Each work site to which teachers are regularly assigned shall
have a
comprehensive safety and disaster plan, which shall be updated annually
by
October 1st of each school year.
14.1.1.1 The site administrator shall develop or modify the plan after
collaborative
input from the UBC, classified employees, the site council and/or the
parent-teacher organization at the site. The plan shall be submitted to
the
Superintendent or his/her designee for approval.
14.1.1.2 Safety notices required by law shall be conspicuously posted
at all District
work sites in places frequented by teachers.
2. UBC HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED WITH REQUESTED PRINT OUT OF CLASSLISTS
(SIS)
9.3.3.10 Classes shall be balanced as quickly as administratively
feasible by
September 15th. The Assistant Superintendents, in consultation with site
and program administrators, will give due consideration to the
possibility
of capping school and class enrollments; the UBC shall have input on
such
site decisions.
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.
3. PRINCIPAL HAS ATTEMPTED TO PLACE SELF IN THE SSC ELECTION PROCESS.
25.3.3 Teacher representatives of the School Site Council (SSC) shall
be elected by
teachers at the school site in an election designed and conducted by
the Union
Building Committee (UBC).
25.3.8.1 The UBC shall conduct the election for teacher and
paraprofessional
positions on the School Site Council or other similar governing bodies.
4. THE LETTER AND INTENT OF THIS CONTRACT ARTICLE MUST BE HONORED ON A
CONSISTENT BASIS:
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.
5. THE LETTER AND INTENT OF THIS CONTRACT ARTICLES NEED TO BE
HONORED/FOLLOWED ON A CONSISTENT BASIS REGARDING ON OPERATIONS ,
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES DESCRIBED……
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.
Here are the dates for the SPECIAL ED UNION COMMITTEE meetings with
Linda Plack. (K) means with McKnight.
9/15 9/29 K
10/27 K There is no
committee meeting for October.
11/10 11/17 K
12/1 12/15 K
1/12 ?
2/9 2/23 K
3/9 3/23 K
4/13 4/27 K
5/4 5/18 K
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