Napa Valley EA Exec Board
February 8, 2021 Minutes
3:30 - 4:30
Minutes
In Attendance: President - Gayle Young, Vice President - Mary Duenow, Secretary - Debbie Kmiec, Treasurer - Karen Fleming, Directors-At-Large: High School - Deb St. Clair, Middle - Sara Kvidahl-Schmitz, Elementary - Kristin Pruitt, Communication - Mike Wilmarth, Human Rights/Chief Negotiator - Courtney Garcia, Political Action - Michael Alger, CTA Rep - Michelle Washington
Meeting adjourned at 5:00pm
Next Meeting March 15, 2021 at 3:30pm via zoom (zoom link in calendar invite)
- Welcome
- Phase 3
- Possibility that we won't be going back to 5 days in the fall will more than likely continue with Phase 3 as it is now
- Was negotiated back in the summer
- Document mentions both phase 2 & phase 3
- More information on cleaning, safety plan, etc.
- Accommodation
- CTA
- Information about accommodations from CTA was sent out again today
- All COVID leave went away on 12/31/20
- Information about accommodations from CTA was sent out again today
- Possibility that we won't be going back to 5 days in the fall will more than likely continue with Phase 3 as it is now
- Contract Negotiations
- Survey
- Courtney has started putting survey together
- Information gathered in June was more geared toward Covid not actual contract
- Need to be clear on what we can and can’t negotiate
- Background knowledge needs to be very clear
- Scope of Representation
- Blue highlighted information are items we can negotiate
- Yellow highlighted information are items we counsel on
- Blue highlighted information are items we can negotiate
- Courtney has started putting survey together
- Survey
- Powerpoint for process presentation
- Discuss process for doing negotiations for the contract with a town hall meeting (the procedures that we use)
- Place to ask questions
- Not an MOU but the actual contract
- Michelle recommended that we do an actual meeting with council, union etc. Members are not listening especially when they get emails.
- Goal is to have an NVEA member town hall at our March Site Rep meeting
- Discuss process for doing negotiations for the contract with a town hall meeting (the procedures that we use)
- Tentative committees
- Special ed and PE class size are pushing to the top
- Safety is very vague
- Evaluations (took a year off from evaluations and need to revisit)
- Change in platform (not user friendly)
- Change in platform (not user friendly)
- Special ed and PE class size are pushing to the top
- RIF’s
- Currently on board docs with PKS (Particular kinds of services), skipping criteria, tie breaker (1 item no longer on the list for multiple subject teachers addressing leadership positions)
- We are currently down 615 students at the elementary level
- 39 positions (25 elementary and 14 secondary) total so far originally was at 22 with 11 at elementary and 11 at secondary
- We are currently down 615 students at the elementary level
- Currently on board docs with PKS (Particular kinds of services), skipping criteria, tie breaker (1 item no longer on the list for multiple subject teachers addressing leadership positions)
- Early Tell
- 16 positions are on the early tell list
- 16 positions are on the early tell list
- Notices will still be sent out
- PKS
Meeting adjourned at 5:00pm
Next Meeting March 15, 2021 at 3:30pm via zoom (zoom link in calendar invite)
