BTA Meeting Minutes » February 3, 2010
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Meeting called to order at 3:30 pm on February 3, 2010 by Deborah Campbell
Attendance: Lara Ruark, Kathy Maloney, Gayle Costanza, Teresa Badger, MaryLouise Green, Jeffrey M. Jones, Deborah Casey, Maya Nelson, Nan Prolo, Carleen Maselli,
The minutes for the BTA meeting held on January 6, 2010 were approved as corrected.
Site Reports:
BMS - The safety issues seem to be resolved. A
new barrier, a list of duties and a duty station are in place. Kathleen
Zeuli made reminder calls to people who are retiring to ensure that all
the paper work is filed on time. Several people did not get paid
for their Friday session and were told to contact the personnel office. Some
teachers objected to the lunch because classified personnel were not
included. All departments have been pulled out of class to attend
meetings regarding the PI status. Fridays are needed to plan for
math classes and the District wants other tasks done during this time. PE
has a Student-of-the-Month program honoring deserving students with T-shirts
and a ceremony.
BHS - Keith is making his rounds with pink slips. WASC
gets turned in next week. There are lots of fights. Math
teachers met with Janet Handley about benchmarks. There are not
enough administrators. The principal has been undermined in discipline
issues. Saturday School is not working—students would rather
miss Saturday School and get in-school suspension during the week. There
was an air gun on campus—the student was not suspended. There
have been instances of students selling prescription cookies on campus. Several
students have gotten sick after eating the cookies. The SRO is
not full time. The teacher lunch was good. BHS feels that
they took most of the budget cuts last time and want a proactive movement
when making budget cuts. The biggest push is for cuts across the
District. Suggestions are to reduce the District office staff and
have elementary principals work at two sites once two principals retire.
Farmar - There are concerns about Class Size Reduction
and a principal for next year.
Henderson - Teachers loved the lunch and expressed
concern about a new principal.
Turner - Many people attended Tuesday’s budget
meeting. The
lunch was appreciated.
Semple - Teachers liked the lunch that was served on
January 29. Teachers had many questions regarding the budget.
Liberty -
Treasurers Report: J. J. Jones
CD’s $18,733.94
Checking
Acct. $35,968.96
JJ bought a computer. It is possible to raise the scholarship amount. There was a discussion regarding who should be eligible to receive a scholarship. The motion to increase the scholarship amount was tabled. Research will be done to see what type of awards can be give and who will be eligible for the awards.
Neg./CLB Report: Deborah Casey
CLB - No requests at this time.
Negotiations - The District is asking us to come to the table. The bargaining team has a planning session on February 17. The bargaining date is set for February 25. The District is going to recommend cuts. The District wants control of the Common Planning Time. The District wants to reduce the Delta Dental benefit from $2,000 to $1,500 per year. The state budget will get worse from January to May. The entire contract comes up at the end of June. We will be happy to keep the status quo.
Grievance:
-The BMS safety issue is resolved.
-The BMS staff meeting is resolved.
-There is tentative agreement on the Buy Back issue. BUSD needs to
approve this. Information will be out in a flier in about a week.
-BMS bounty issue will hopefully be resolved before arbitration.
Membership:
BTA has one fee payer.
New Business:
-Maggie Olson had her baby. BTA will be sending
her a card.
-BHS needs a BTA bulletin board and a few supplies for the mail room. A
motion was made by Nan Prolo and seconded by Kathy Maloney to make a bulletin
board purchase for BHS. The amount allotted is $100. Motion
passed.
-Calendar: February 10, information will be out regarding the voting. Voting
will take place February 16, 17, and 18. The voting will be before
school, during lunch, and after school at all sites. The ballots
need to be returned to Henderson by 3 pm on February 19.
Meeting adjourned: 6:10: pm
Respectfully submitted
Suzanne Huddleston, BTA Recording Secretary
A copy of the BTA Meeting Minutes for February 2010 in PDF format can be downloaded by clicking on February 2010 Minutes. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read the file.