President-Elect


 *  **President-Elect and Grievance Report:**

__School Year 2008/2009__ Current Grievances: __ #01-08-09 LTS Positions __ -- Settled with the district. 2 positions hired by the district at the beginning of the year as LTS instead of TPE. The district agreed to reimburse the teachers back to Nov. 12th. __#02-08-09 Wor kshop Pay__ - Pulled __#03-08-09 Leave without Pay -__ Teachers denied the ability to use leave without pay like before. We met with the district officials and settled this so the grievance was put on abayance. The district then broke the agreement and denied another teacher leave without pay saying that they now will only give 2 days without pay. The grievance is waiting for arbitration. __#04-08-09 - Payroll__ - the district paid teachers after the Christmas holiday even though it states clearly in the contract that they should complete payroll before the holiday. This grievance is waiting for arbitration. __#05-08-09 - Unfair Reprimand__ - Billy reprimanded a teacher for accidently using the "everyone" feature in email. The reprimand was done using the "everyone" email. __#06-08-09 - Sick Bank Usage__ - The district has denied a person sick bank time because it was beyond the sign up period. The member was informed by the district office that she couldn't sign up for sick bank until next year. Also, the district has asked to be removed from sick bank and now has made this decision.

Other Issues:

Dave and I have been meeting often on the day schedule for next year with the district. The student times have been set by the district:

__Student Instructional Day:__ Elem: 9:00 - 3:45 Sec: 8:00 - 2:45

__Teacher Work Day (currently undecided):__ So far: Elem: 8:20 - 3:50 Sec: 7:20 - 2:50
 * Approached the district about an early-bird settlement. We thought they may want to do that with the new day provisions. Dave and I are currently working on this settlement. As of 5/10/09 negotiations have stopped, the district wanted too much in health care costs. Even with giving the district extra time we couldn't limit health costs.
 * Many issues with teachers and leave - sick leave bank, letters, FMLA, leave without pay
 * Preparations for the spring election
 * School board elections - met with a school board member to discuss issues and election.
 * Changes in the 125 Plan
 * Dependent care - Required now to pay State and Local taxes on that deduction. That is around 4%. Keep in mind that you would still save on the federal tax. That would depend on your tax level. For example, if you were in the 28% tax bracket and you have taken the maximum of $5,000 then you will still save - $1,400.
 * May will be the sign up time for the 125 if you have any changes. Consider next year that we have a deductable of 200/400 that you may want to put in the 125 plan. Rich and Horace Mann will be out in the buildings for that to happen. Info coming.
 * All other medical / health deductions for the 125 can take local, state, and federal tax.


 * Working with the district on updating 4150b and other leave forms (looking at new program in tech that may help)
 * Letter to the district asking for leave without pay information -- district will only provide from 2004-2005 on. We will need to get members to submit leave without pay in as much detail as possible for the arbitration.
 * Teacher dismissed??
 * Teacher issue with student and email??
 * Teacher questioned on attendance
 * Parent / Teacher conference day - settled with district that teachers would get last two days of the year to work in their rooms without students.
 * Assistance with a teacher on sick bank leave
 * Assistance with a teacher and a letter sent to parents







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