Napa Valley EA Exec Board/Council Meeting
September 21, 2020 Minutes
3:15-4:45
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, Director of Communication - Mike Willmarth, Human Rights/Chief Negotiator - Courtney Garcia, Political Action - Michael Alger
Absent: CTA Rep - Michelle Washington
- Welcome
- Survey -What we need for bargaining
- Gayle is sending it out today with a letter
- Site reps - did you have a meeting with your admin, a meeting with your staff
- Site reps - did you have a meeting with your admin, a meeting with your staff
- Has the operational safety documents with a checklist of everything that is supposed to be taking place on site, what to do if someone gets sick on site, a check in document, CTA’s current COVID update (tier changes, research data, success story in Maine, letter from CTA leadership to Governor, link to NY TImes article on how school in San Diego County got their students back on site)
- Our Superintendent, NCOE Superintendent do not agree with NCPH officer and guidelines for reopening
- Keep biological kids in classroom either get 1st choice for daycare or can keep their kids in their classrooms during opposite cohort that the student participates in
- If a teacher has an all virtual time can they teach from their house.
- We have not talked about all of the options for phase 2
- Snow teachers did walk through with admin today which has drawn up additional concerns
- Supposedly NCOE is updating their guidelines as far as restroom usage etc.
- County says it is safe to come back without testing of students and teachers, however if CTA says teachers and students should be tested then we should follow what CTA says since we are CTA
- Expectations of the district are that teachers are being required to be tested according to the CDE, county will provide free testing and working with the district around how and when that is going to take place and not at the teacher’s expenses
- It is unknown if the CDE will allow teachers to opt out. There is a disconnect between the CDE, NCOE, NCPH etc.
- What guidelines do we adhere to? CDE, CTA, NCOE, NCPH, NVUSD
- Gayle is sending it out today with a letter
- Budget -District meeting on Wednesday, 9/23/20
- Karen, Gayle, and Deb are meeting to create an NVEA budget
- Karen, Gayle, and Deb are meeting to create an NVEA budget
- Member Engagement
- Swag - Masks, Hand Sanitizers, Mask Lanyards
- Swag - Masks, Hand Sanitizers, Mask Lanyards
- Elections
- State Council - Due September 30
- Online voting platform - Simply Voting
- Gayle just signed a contract
- Gayle just signed a contract
- State Council - Due September 30
- Prop 15
- Plan
- Jerry is coming to our site rep meeting to discuss Prop 15 with our site reps
- First negative ad has appeared and claims that prop 15 will destroy small businesses
- Plan
- Council Negotiations
- Safety
- Will our classes be split equally between virtual or in person
- As of Friday it was 50/50
- Will our classes be split equally between virtual or in person
- Safety
- MOU
- Class size - has nothing to do with COVID, was actually in the works prior to COVID
- Suggestion to send out a video letting members know that the MOU around class size was in the works prior to COVID 19 based on what was done in past practices
- Suggestion to send out a video letting members know that the MOU around class size was in the works prior to COVID 19 based on what was done in past practices
- Class size - has nothing to do with COVID, was actually in the works prior to COVID
- Work at home teachers Gripe
- All of the teachers on this list are secondary with the exception of 1
- All of the teachers on this list are secondary with the exception of 1
Next Meeting: October 19, 2020
