Napa Valley Educators Association Site Representative Council
August 30, 2018

3:30-5:00

Executive Board Members Present:  

President - Gayle Young, Vice President - Mary Duenow, Secretary - Debbie Kmiec,, Directors-at-Large -  Erin Reilly (High), Karen Fleming (Middle), Kristin Pruitt (Elementary), Human Rights - Courtney Garcia, Communication - Mike Willmarth, CTA Liaison - Steve Savage

Site Reps Present:  
Alta Heights:  Ginger Dunne, American Canyon HS:  Dave Hollman, American Canyon MS:   Mark Portwood, Bel Aire:  Lauren Riendeau,  Browns Valley:  Angela Oster, Canyon Oaks:  Canyon Oaks: Becky Albertazzi, Donaldson Way:  Maureen McCullough, El Centro/Salvador:  Corey Morton, Harvest MS:  Karen Fleming, Manya Franco, Sara Kvidahl-Schmitz, Independent Studies:  Jessica Farrell, McPherson:  Laurie Gaynor, Mt. George:  Annie Tisher, Napa HS:  Sean Gregory, NVLA:  Marliese Esquivel, Sarah Miller, New Tech High:  Angeline Warnock, Northwood:  Kim Vichi, Redwood MS:  Lorna Dekker, Silverado MS:  John Call, Jen Can, Patty Wyman, Snow:  Teri Isola,  Vichy:  Debbie Cates, Vintage:  Ted Ward, Kelli Watkins, West Park:  Laura Zinser, Yountville:  Carl Elias
Executive Board Members Absent:  
Treasurer/Chief Negotiator - Ginger Dunne

Site Reps Absent:
American Canyon HS:  Elizabeth Hawkins, Scott Hayburn, Devin Reza,  American Canyon MS:  Alex King, Canyon Oaks: Kathy Tschida, Napa HS:  Sharon D. Anderson, Melinda Miller, Rick Underwood, Maria Vega, Napa Junction:  Megan Wolfe, Phillips:  Ann Brown, Pueblo Vista:  Redwood MS: Nancy Lussier, River MS:  Louann Talbert, Shearer:  Amy Ruggiero,  Valley Oak:  Evrim Cakir, Vintage: Michael Alger, Chris Auld, Andrew Barker, Jennifer Castelazo, Itinerants: Academic Specialists:

• Welcome
  

• Review Agenda
  

• Norms
  
  • all present were asked to write down three norms on an index card with your elbow partner compare your 6 and narrow it down to 3
    
  • Norms per table were shared and recorded
    

• Standard Campaign - Sophie spoke about disabilitylife insurance open enrollment (can only offer open enrollment every three years) with no medical so you can have a pre-existing condition can get disability/life insurance if we hit 5% of our members enrolling everyone even with pre-exisiting condition gets coverage, they will be at the districts benefits fair, covers on and off the job, plans are more competitively priced, covers your entire salary
  

• Budget - Discuss in September Ginger took her daughter to college on east coast so we will discuss the budget in September
  

• Rep Council Reps
  
  • New Rep Trainings - Sign ups 9/6 or 9/10 last about ½ hour
    
  • IBPS training
    
    • New Reps 10/23 Gayle will schedule subs with Jaymie, new reps will go to both trainings
      
    • All Reps Secondary 11/27 and Elementary 12/4 we will be coming as a team with our administration recommended that we start at 8:30 instead of 8am due to traffic etc.  Gayle will check into it. Everyone will receive an invitation
      

• Roadshows
  
  • Fall 10/3 and Spring 3/13 both will be held in the board room at 3:30 the budget is running a positive which means a raise not sure how much yet
    
  • 855-764-1010 connects you to your local representatives to encourage our representative to not approve Kavaunaugh for Supreme Court.  He is a huge voucher guy and wants to disban public education
    

• Negotiations
  
  • Review unit input
    
    • Wages
      
    • Class size
      
    • Health care possible exit from CALPERS
      
    • Special education
      

• • Upocoming committees
    
    • Counselors
      
    • PBIS
      
    • Evaluation - no longer a prototype but a pilot
      
    • SPED
      
    • Workload
      

• • Formula - we will be tweaking it a little
    

• • MOU’s - signed 2 weeks ago Willow and Snow teachers will receive $200 for moving expenses 12 hours at the highest rate of summer school pay for their work
    

• • NVEA News -
    
    • will be published monthly and Gayle wants it to be sent to home emails we will be talking about bargaining highlights, PAC (Political Action news)
      
    • Phillips applied for a CTA/IFT grant and were awarded $7,200 grant
      

• Accountability Check-in - Gayle wants to continue to have site concerns in writing so she can share with Alejandro et al.
  

• Communications Structure Plan
  

• Membership Processes post Janus
  
  • happened in June a Supreme Court Case being able to be an agency fee payer or not pay at all
    
  • Ruling stated even though union is responsible with negotiations, salary schedules, working conditions etc. if someone is opposed to paying they can drop their membership and not have to pay dues, however they do not get legal representation, no voting rights on contract, school schedules, you can voice your opinion but can’t be part of the decision making.  We have had one person drop that unions couldn’t control
    
  • If a person comes to you and says they don’t want to be a member anymore, send them to Gayle for a one-on-one meeting, handwritten letter with signature (electronic version not allowed), etc.
    
  • No longer agency fee
    
  • There is a political opt out - can check with HR to see if you have opted out if not you can fill out a new form
    

• Member Engagement Plan
  
  • We will have an NVEA/CTA bulletin board contest in the staff lounge site reps will be choosing the best bulletin board more information to come
    

• PAC - Michael Alger is the chairman, have been meeting all summer, we need to change the narrative that we have regarding elections and candidates running for office.  Dr. Muccetti will be at our next site rep meeting to speak to us.
  
  • All school board positions that are open have candidates running unapposed (Cindy Waters, David Gracia, Robin Janckewick, Elba
    
• NEA Report
  
  

 

 
Next Site Rep Meeting: September 24, 2018