Rep Council Meeting
Minutes
December 6, 2021
3:30-5:00
Minutes
Executive Board Members Present: President - Gayle Young, Secretary - Debbie Kmiec, Treasurer - Karen Fleming, Directors-at-Large:  Deb St. Clair (High), Sara Kvidhal-Schmitz (Middle), Kristin Pruitt (Elementary), Human Rights/Chief Negotiator - Courtney Garcia, Communication - Mike Willmarth, Grievance:  Jen Can

Site Reps Present:  Alta Heights:  Ashley Cox, American Canyon HS:  Fontaine Segerquist,  American Canyon MS:  Patrick Malaret, Bel Aire:  Susan Loomis, Browns Valley: Tracy Opp, Canyon Oaks:  Amy Bardwell, Elizabeth Carey, Donaldson Way:  Kayla St. Pierre, Harvest MS:  Lynda Bergner, McPherson:  Kathleen Hefley, Napa HS: Troy Gittings, Melinda Miller, Valerie Seribalis-Cole, Melinda Miller, Napa Junction:  Heather Marshall,  New Tech High: Kinnereth Winegarner, NVIS:  Nancy Jaminet, NVLA:  Martha Coolidge, Northwood:  Karen McKeown, Phillips: Joey Chapple, Pueblo Vista 360: Beatriz Olivar Lucas, Isabel Martinez, Redwood MS: Lorna Dekker, Nancy Lussier, River:  Evan Vercellini, Shearer: Malinda Basore, Silverado MS: Genevieve DiGulio, Jen Meno, Snow: Teri Isola, Vichy:  Sara Johnson,  Vintage HS: Marc Caddell, Danielle Jospin, Manny Johnson, West Park: Laura Zinser, Willow:  Corey Morton, Itinerant Music:  Wendy Scott,  Itinerant PE:  Josh Buttny, Tosa’s:  n/a 

Guests:  Sophie - Standard, Tami - California Casualty

Executive Board Members Absent: Vice President - Mary Duenow, Political Action:  Michael Alger, CTA Liaison:  Michelle Washington  

Site Reps Absent:  American Canyon HS:  Elizabeth Hawkins, Devin Reza, Lilliana Zmed, American Canyon Middle School:  Ashley Greigg, Donaldson Way:  Jodi Ortiz,, NVIS:  Erin Reilly, Snow:  Mary Bennett, TOSA’s:  n/a,  Valley Oak:  Ryan Strole, Vichy: Sara Johnson, Vintage HS:  Kelli Watkins

  • Welcome



  • Member Engagement
    • Site Funds
      • Sites will receive $12.00 per member and the guidelines on what the funds can be used for
      • Save receipts and submit them to Karen Fleming
      • Try to have only member engagement items on receipt 
      • money needs to be used by the end of the 2021-22 school year

  • Santa’s Drive Thru
    • Monday, 12/13/21 4:30-5:30pm at Redwood Middle School

  • GTC -vote
    • 38 people on the list wanting to go to the GTC.  
    • $68k in our savings account, raised dues, believe we have the funds to reimburse everyone who is interested in attending
    • Melinda Miller made a motion that we raise the number to 40 members being reimbursed to attend GTC.  Reimbursement will take place Sunday morning at the GTC.  Kinnerith Winegarner seconded the motion and all present were in favor of the motion as stated above.


  • Charter Petition
    • Real important to get the community informed
    • Hoping to save the programs that we currently have to offer our students
    • If the charter passes, we not only lose students, resulting in lost programs (music, art, etc.) and causes a financial strain on districts
    • This is an independent charter and are not members of  NVEA or any union, and their rights will be limited to whatever the charter warrants.

  • Fossil Fuel - Mike
    • Concern about STRS investment policy around fossil fuel
    • Retaining a participation in fossil fuel investment actually cost STRS money
    • Looking to make a statement as an association whether or not to divest fossil fuel policy
    • Article in CALSTRS Connections:  From the Pension Sense blog:  Protecting your pensions:  Why CALSTRS votes matter

  • Bylaws - vote
    • Interest is to wait one more meeting so site reps can discuss the concept of term limits with their staff.
    • Clarification around what we do now - Elections are held every 3 years, if you don’t like who is serving you, then either run yourself, or vote for someone else who chooses to run.
    • We don’t have a line of people out the door jumping in to fill an office on the Exec Board

  • NVEA/NVUSD Council Update
    • Voting Timeline
      • Meeting tomorrow with Council and all committees and each committee will present their language
      • Goal is to vote on a new contract when we return in January.  We basically did a years worth of work in 4 months
      • We cannot do electronic voting because a lot of our emails were sent to spam

  • Adjunct Duty
    • Still looking at hours of time invested instead of number of adjunct duties
    • Elementary teachers have either before or after school duty which affects their prep time, will state in new contract that before and after school supervision will cut into prep time, however it will count towards adjunct duty
    • Counselors are part of out unit and they should be given supervision duties as well.

  • Elementary Prep
    • Will have same start and end time

  • Class Size
    • PE class size at middle and high school MOU will be rolling into the  new contract
    • TK-3 is 24:1, 4-6 is 32:1
    • MOU taking extra student and being compensated will also roll into the new contract
    • No change for high school or middle school

  • SPED
    • Appendix being created so all SPED stuff is located in one place

  • Next Middle School Mixer @ Silverado in January

  • Middle School Group - There is a group of teachers from all the middle schools that teacher voice is involved in the discussion around movement etc.

  • Site Concerns Breakouts: Form

  • Mandatory Vaccination
    • We don’t have negotiation rights around conditions of employment, we can however negotiate the impact

  • Director Report - Site reps please check the spreadsheet for answers to your concerns. 



Meeting adjourned at 5:08pm    

Next Meeting: January 31, 2021

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