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Governance Board Meeting, January 6, 2005 |
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In Attendance: |
Joseph
Ricke, Jan Nelson, Mary Tingblad, Melanie
Casiday, Linda Morantez, Margaret Ruffino, Pam Wertjes, Sara Macke, Rhonda Lundgren, Sandy Gosen, Jeri Goodspeed-Gross, Jean Peebles. |
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Absent: |
Anita
Britton, Doug
Kennedy, Mike Cutshall, Miles Mortensen. There is still a vacancy
on the Governance Board for a representative from Clear Springs. |
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Guests: |
Denise Malarkey (Britton); Mary Benson, Teachers' Rights Co-Chair. |
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Call to Order: |
4:34 p.m., by President Ricke. |
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Approval of Minutes: |
Motion
by Peebles, seconded by Wertjes, to approve the minutes of December 1 and
December 15, 2004. Motion carried. |
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Teachers' Rights Report: |
President Ricke reported that contractually, a dual-licensed teachers
cannot bump a teacher in another category. The November 1, 2004, seniority list
will be used to determine seniority regarding unrequested leave. In May-June
the tenured list will be updated and seniority will be in place for the newly
tenured. Mary Benson reported that the Teachers' Rights Co-Chairs are getting
many questions regarding contractual issues and seniority. |
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Treasurer's Report: |
Treasurer
Casiday distributed the MTA Checking Account Statement, December 13,
2004-January 4, 2005. |
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New Business: |
Collective Bargaining Conference: Motion by Lundgren, seconded by Nelson, that President Joe Ricke, and Negotiators Anita Britton and Mike Cutshall should attend this conference, with fees paid using the conference budget. Motion carried.
Metro Negotiators Meetings: Joe Ricke and Anita Britton will attend these monthly meetings. Other MTA members who are interested in negotiations should be part of the MTA Negotiations Council and can also attend. Anyone interested should contact President Ricke.
Education Minnesota Representative Convention: The
Education Minnesota Representative Convention will be March 18-19, 2005. The MTA is allowed to send seven members as delegates to the
convention. The President, by virtue of office, will attend the Convention.
Therefore, we will be electing six delegates to attend the convention with the
President. The election will be on Wednesday, January 26, 2005. An e-mail was
sent to all MTA members on January 4, 2005. Members interested in having their
names on the ballot should e-mail Mary Tingblad by January 19, 2005, 4:00 p.m.
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| President's Report: |
Cost Containment Meeting with Dr. Peterson: President Ricke and Vice
President Nelson met with Dr. Peterson for an overview of the cost containment
recommendations. Dr. Peterson heard input from many sources and then he made
the recommendations. Ricke is considering sending a letter to the School Board
and/or contacting individual School Board members.
Calendar and Buy-Out Updates: The district is looking at offering an
early retirement/leave of absence incentive that must be agreed upon with the
MTA. |
| Open Forum: |
Cost Containment Feedback from Buildings: The comment heard most often
is regarding the lack of administrator cuts. The middle schools and high
school are hit the hardest by the proposed cuts. Many of the cuts will
directly affect the students. The document mentions cuts not affecting class
size, and many question how that will happen. Teachers are concerned about the
loss of prep time and the expectations to do even more with less.
Dr. Peterson will be at the next Governance Board meeting to discuss class size, cost containment, and negotiations. Secretary Tingblad will send out an e-mail to all MTA members regarding an MTA work session to draft a response document to the cost containment recommendations. Interested members can come to MM-West, room 138, 4:15 p.m. Vice President Nelson distributed the calendar survey results. Motion by Lundgren, seconded by Ruffino, to adjourn. Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 6:05 p.m. |
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Respectfully submitted, |
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