Rep Meeting 10/21/14
Call to order at 4:01.
Secretary report from Sept. 16: motion to approve by Finch, second by Tracy. Motion carries.
1. Calamity days: the plan is to use the five calamity days and then three blizzard bag days as I the past.
2. Insurance report: no increase in premium for the next year. Call a doc service seems to be working out well. If you didn’t get the information in the mail, contact Heather Sharp. There will also be a dependent audit again this year.
MOU for OT: was approved to correct the error in printing.
DR. SUESS grant: Brian Anders has submitted this grant again for this year.
HOF: Andrea Kalb will be working with this for future hall of fame
Building Rep responsibilities: you can sit in a meeting with a member meeting with administrator (Weingarten rights)
Security counsel: security checks are happening in all buildings, please question any strangers without proper identification.
Grievance: now on step 4. Our LRC will be directly involved.
Blizzard Bag Committee: forming a group of volunteers to streamline this process.
Dress code: OAPSE has one. LEA only has “professional dress” as a guideline. Jill is very adamant about staff dress. Use good judgement.
Scabies and other infectious or non-infectious diseases. What to do? Who is the proper teacher that needs informed? Kate Morman is in the process of evaluating protocol for infectious diseases.
Member concerns: ISIP irregularities. HR is threatening to withhold pay due to lack of references. There is a form that comes from HR. There is no procedure in place to do this to our knowledge. SLO language: is there any language in our contract?
There being no further items for discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 4:45.
Rep Meeting 9/16/14
Meeting called to order at 4:01. Barry will be emailing the mentoring coordinator about scheduling conflict.
Agenda items:
1. Contact info for co-presidents. Barry 419-204-0442. Patrick 419-230-5033. The phone number previously used for LEA was stopped in a money saving effort.
2. OEA fall elections: Doreen Martin is in charge. There were just enough interested parties that there is no contested ballot. All who submitted their name for ballot interest will attend. Attendees are: Andrea Kalb, Heather Hunt, Paullette Boes, Melinda King, Patrick Horstman, Doreen Martin, Barry Barnt.
3. Nurse MOU: to get time it complete certification. It was approved by both boards.
4. Heritage teacher MOU : use of personal days. This was approved by both boards.
5. TBT. Is part of district improvement plan. It is not going away.
6. Bed bugs and mersa. Please talk with your custodian if you have these issues.
7. Weingarten rights: You have the right to take a building rep with you to a meeting with administrator if you are uncomfortable or feel you are being disciplined in some way
8. Check your pay: 26 pays.
Concerns from membership:
– OT person wants housed at Unity.
– class size right sizing… How soon will this happen?
– Melinda asked reps to share election information with members
Meeting adjourned at 4:23.
Rep Meeting.
9/18/2012
Call to order at 4:16
1.Rep handbooks were reviewed with building reps. We are seeking an elections chair.
2. Constitutional changes read to reps
3. LEA donated $500 to the levy campaign
4. Board of directors voted to alter budget for coming year to suspend funding a rep to NEA
5. KEYS update: still gong to be used, waiting on training to be scheduled
6. Membership. Currently at 360
7. If you are up for license renewal, start early and follow up yourself until it is received
8. OEA office is closing: new mailing address
9. Election coming up in October, send ballots to Annette
10. Negotiations will be happening this year, Send items to Karen Young
11. Grievances: TBT at Freedom has been won, teachers will be paid; no open arbitration’s
There being no further items for discussion, meeting we adjourned at 5:12.