Earlier this week the GJUHSD sent letters to certifcated and classified chief negotiators (Bradley and Peterson, respectively) infroming the union that the district intends on revising and adding to the openers it has already sunshined.  This maneuver comes as no surpise.  Not only did the district fail to meet the contractual November 1 deadline for sunshining but then it also wrote a leter to the GFCCE outlining its plans to sunshine by early January.  The fact that the district needs to revise its reopeners at this point speaks to the level of preparation at the DO.  (The district spent all last fall looking at the loan instead of focusing on the budget.) The district has not provided the courtesy of a communication with the GFCCE for why this revision has occured at this point.  The revised openers are schduled for approval at the March 9 board meeting.

• Classified members are invited to speak with the classified negotiating team on Monday, March 8 in the GHS library for updates and feedback.
• Certificated and classified updates will also be provided at the regularly scheduled union meeting on March 9.

Some of the certificated reopeners are listed below the fold.

The Association of Vestal School Paraprofessionals

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SUSSEX SUPPORT RALLY [powerpoint doc] - http://nj.aft.org?action=downloadasset&assetid=5010fee2-4ab4-4898-a395-a19e68cb8d3d

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Four Terra Faculty attended the annual OFT conference.

On March 23 our members will vote for two important issues:

• Approval of the new COPE bylaws
• Union Officers:  President (A. Bauer is incumbent) and Secretary (P. Bauer is incumbent)

Here are the duties for each position:

A.     The President shall preside at all meetings of the Federation and the Executive Board. This person shall be ex-officio member of all committees, except the Audit Committee, shall sign all necessary papers and documents, and represent the local when and where necessary. He/she shall make a report to the membership at least once each year summarizing the accomplishments of the Federation and outlining plans for the next year. This person shall be in charge of seeing that the report is regularly published. The President shall issue all notices, shall answer correspondence, and report correspondence to and from the Federation to the members at the regular meetings.

B.    The Secretary shall be the custodian of the seal and the charter of the Federation. He/she shall record the minutes of the Executive Board and the general membership meetings. The minutes shall be published and distributed to all members prior to the next membership meeting.

Click on the title of this post to read the updated COPE language we will be voting on.

On Friday afternoon, the district released its Resolution for reducing particular kinds of services. The resolution goes before the school board for approval on Monday, February 22 at 6:30pm at LRHS. Here is what the resolution consisted of:

• Math: 1 FTE
• Science: 1 FTE
• English: 2 FTE
• Social Studies: 1 FTE
• Drama: 1 FTE
• Business Technical: 1 FTE
• German: 1 FTE
• Health Careers: .40 FTE
• Eng. Roving Sub: 1 FTE
• Auto: 1 FTE
• Wood/Construction: 1 FTE
• Non-teaching services: Literary Coach: .80 FTE AD: .80 FTE Activities Coordinator: .40 FTE AVID Release Period: .20 FTE AG Release Periods: 1 FTE BTSA Period: .20 FTE Pre-Engineering Period: .20 FTE Total: 14.40 reduction in services