MINUTES OF THE REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY
ROYAL OAK EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
January 28, 2003
President Kardon called the meeting to order at 4:08 p.m. in the Dondero High School Media Center. Buildings not represented were: Board Office, Churchill Community Education Center, Franklin Elementary School, Opportunity Center, Parker Elementary School, Starr Elementary School.
Reports
Secretary’s Report
Minutes for the November 26, 2002 Representative Assembly meeting were presented. The minutes were accepted as corrected. Stuart Asch moved to accept the minutes are presented. Nanci Marek seconded the motion. The motion carried.
Treasurer’s Report
 | The budget report for December was presented. |
Executive Vice President’s Report
The Joint Committee did not meet during
December or January.
The Joint Committee will meet on Tuesday February 4, 2003. Issues to bring up at this meeting are the following.
| Not all teachers in the district who have not kept their certification up and are being paid at the same rate. |
| The Girl’s Softball coaching position has been reposted again. There are candidates that are qualified for the position that have applied but have never been interviewed. |
| The science kits that are used in the elementary schools are working well for the most part. Some of the kits are redundant but this type of curriculum is appreciated. |
| Concerns about the lack of a policy regarding plagiarism needs to be addressed. |
Program Vice President’s Report
Public Relations
| Planning is currently underway for the retirement party. Anyone interested in helping, please contact Valerie Grimes. |
The Curriculum Subcommittee last met in December.
The next meeting will be on February 12, 2002.
Issues to bring up at the next Curriculum Subcommittee meeting are the following.
| The testing that is occurring in each of the grade levels was discussed. This issue will be discussed again at the next meeting. |
| There are still concerns about science kits that need to be discussed. |
| Questions remain about the plan for the revisions of the curriculum guides. |
| Now that the students are being tested and their grade level assessments are available, discussion needs to occur to determine what will happen to the curriculum to ensure that students’ needs are met to ensure that they will work with the ESEA law. |
| Clarification is needed as to whether all of the assessments in the curriculum guides must be completed or just some. |
Political Action Committee Chair’s Report
| Tim Foreman has been appointed at the PAC chairperson for this term at the last Executive Board meeting. |
| PAC contributions are still coming in. |
Executive Director’s Report
| The current grievances were discussed. Questions were raised about the grievances that were held in abeyance and posting vacancies that are listed as open until filled. |
| The possibility of having someone from the EEOC office come out to speak to the ROEA about hiring issues was discussed. |
President’s Report
| Denise Nett, Sue Balcueva and Cheryl Goodgine are on the Health Benefits Committee. |
| The negotiation team is Stuart Asch, Vince Caruso, Susan Cox, Linda Flynn, Barbara Pollis and Tom Steeby.The Survey Committee is David Copp, Susan McLaughlin and Cheryl Goodgine. The survey should be handed out at an ROEA meeting after the staff meeting on February 4. A general discussion should occur during this time. The survey results are helpful during bargaining. The surveys need to be sent to the ROEA office. The committee will tabulate the survey on February 18, 2003. Association representatives suggested the following items that they felt were issues that they were planning on listing on their surveys: |
 | Severance pay for unused sick days |
| Early Retirement Incentive |
| More than one half-day sub for Michigan Literacy Proficiency Program (MLPP) |
| Coaching conferences |
| Guaranteed records time |
| More time for planning in the elementary schools |
| Scheduling of specials teachers |
| Class size |
| Sick days being listed as charged or uncharged, not needing to give a reason |
| Elimination of split classes in elementary |
| Teams in the high school need to be addressed |
| Equitable stipend for extra responsibilities |
| Coaches pay |
Other /Announcements
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Dawn Mayers, Stuart Asch, and Betty Ann Garlak are the members of the Scholarship Committee. |
| A meeting has been set up on February 20, 2003 at Kimball for discussion about calendar issues. Anyone interested can come to help. The meeting will be at 4:00 p.m. in the multi-media room. |
| Teachers need to check the seniority list. They are available in each school. |
New Business
| A question was raised concerning what the district policy is for when a teacher is having problems with a student who is hurting other students and/or a teacher? This should be addressed in the district Code of Conduct, which is available in each building and on the website. |
| The plagiarism issue in the schools needs to be addressed. |
Susan Cox moved to adjourn the meeting. Dawn Mayers seconded the motion. The meeting adjourned at 5:27 p.m.
Marcia Rauschendorfer, Secretary