The following issues need to be addressed at the
Oct. 14th board meeting:
Grievance: The Valley Education Association has
initiated a class grievance concerning WWU's "...inability to
pay
people in accordance with the terms of the Master Agreement violate said
agreement including, but not
limited to Arcicle IV Section A Salaries and Other Compensations, Article IV
Section B Salaries and
Other Compensations, Article VI Section B General Insurance and Article XIII
Deduction from Salary" It is
my understanding that paychecks are incorrect and 3 individuals have not been
signed up for their health
insurance. Roberta mentioned that the grievance is in step 2 (Bill Riegel
has been notified of the problem
and is required to contact Jeff Isham by Friday Oct. 8
concerning these issues).
Apart from the grievance it seems that invoices
are being paid late which are resulting in the school being charged late fees
and in one instance (Bisbee's) widthdrawing credit approval to the school.
If the rest of the board agrees, I will ask Bill Riegel to come to the Oct. 14th
meeting to update the Board on status of the grievance and what is going on at
Central Office.
Transportation: Steve Longchamp is sending
a letter requesting a new bus stop at a day care in Gallagher Acres
(in Moretown) off route 2. Susan Swenson confirms that a bus can get into
and turn around here
and it would only add 2 minutes to the PM run. Susan is contacting Craig
Elwell to be sure the road
into Gallagher Acres is accessable by the bus in the winter. The policy of
the Board in the past has
been to accomodate kindergarten children when possible. This circumstance
seems to fit that policy.
The policy on Transportation also states that the Principal has the authority to
make minor changes
in the bus routes. Is an addition/deletion of a bus stop a minor
change? Can/should the Principal
make this decision or does the Board have to
make it?
Policies:
I will be list serving 2 policies for Board review, Security (new) and
Transportation (revised).
Please look them over so we don't have to spend alot of time going over the
content.
Kent