CHTU Updates

Dear Colleagues,

Dear Colleagues,

Dear Colleagues,

Hopefully you have had a great weekend and are not reading this until Monday.

Two areas to report on:  Last Day Procedures and Insurance Improvements:

Starting this year, teachers do not have to come to work on the last contractual day.  Each building has a checklist and everyone should be able to be done on June 1.

ELEMENTARY SPECIFIC:

In elementary there were some special concerns based on what was expected in the past at different buildings.  Today at Summit the following was sent to all elementary principals.  (The parenthetical statements are my comments)

·  All teachers will

Dear Monitor Colleagues,
Well, the administration seems to be trying the "nuclear option" for monitor lay-offs this year.  The slightly good news is that they could have reduced 9 positions and ONLY did 7.

Here are the issues we are having:
1)  The contract is still not resolved. Instead of moving directly to arbitration we asked to have another negotiations session to see if we could clear things up.  We meet with a smaller team on May 11.  CHTU will be represented by Randy Stokes, Steward for Monitors, President Klein, 1st VP Karen Rego, and 2nd VP Tamar Gray.  I only expect 1 session and then

Dear Colleagues,
Yesterday, administration cut 13 Teaching positions resulting in the lay off of 9 people (retirements, resignations, and transfers helped reduce the number of people affected).  They also reduced 7 monitor positions affecting 6 people.  5 of the teacher positions and 1 monitor position were cut because our district will not be servicing Bellefaire school.

Elementaries will be adding staff.  The Middle Schools are losing 2 English positions and 1 Spanish position.  The High School is losing positions in Math, English, Science, and 2 in Social Studies.
Three elementary schools will

Dear Colleagues,
 

As many you are aware we participated in a step 3 grievance mediation over concerns around the district’s use of personnel files.

The issues:

Our contract states that if material of a derogatory nature is to be placed in a member’s personnel file that there are certain conditions that need to be met.  The material needs to indicate “cc: personnel file.” and there should be an acknowledgment by the member that they know the material is being placed in the official personnel file.  In practical terms, there should be a meeting where the member signs off that they were made aware.

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Dear Colleagues,
A few reminders:

1) PERSONAL LEAVE BEFORE/AFTER A VACATION DAY:  If you need a personal day on February 17 or 21 then you should put in a request to Dr. Lombardo as soon as possible.  (see our FAQ if you need help:  http://chtu.oh.aft.org/frequently-asked-questions/sick-and-personal-leave-faq)

2)  MEMBERSHIP MEETING/CONTRACT VOTE:  Please plan on attending our membership meeting on February 7 @ 4 pm at Forest Hills Church (3031 Monticello Blvd - at Lee Blvd and Monticello).  Please consider carpooling to the meeting if convenient.  There is also parking available across Lee in

Dear Colleagues,

How many of the following statements do you agree with?

• Despite their lofty slogans, the corporate education policies mostly did  more harm than good.
• Kids are not cars, and great development and learning do not work like manufacturing
• Schools and society must be organized around caring for people and the planet.
• Elimination of high-stakes standardized testing in PK-12 schooling
• More emphasis on respecting teacher professionalism, using democratic decision-making processes, and involving students and families in shaping the educational process.

These statements are from the first

Dear Colleagues,

RAISES:

So far I have tried to lay out what we have agreed upon in negotiations as well as some areas where we have differences.  Specifically, in the last update I spoke to evaluation, training, and time.

In November we helped pass a 5.5 mill levy for school operating funds.  Those additional dollars, over $5 million per year, will start to be collected in January 2017.  Surprisingly, when we returned to the bargaining table at the end of November we were informed by Treasurer Gainer that the district does not have any money.  In fact, it would be all they could do to scrape by