MINUTES OF THE REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY
ROYAL OAK EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
May 28, 2002
President Kardon called the meeting to order at
4:07 p.m. in the Dondero High School Media Center.
Buildings not represented were: Churchill Community Education
Center, Lincoln Early Childhood, Starr Elementary School, Upton
Elementary School.
Bond Proposal Discussion with Dr. Gaynor
Dr. Gaynor introduced Lisa Bradford, a parent representative and member of Royal Oak Citizens Supporting Public Education (ROCSPE).
 | Ms. Bradford asked for help with literature drop and phone banks for the bond proposal. She explained how the phone banks would work. She also explained what are her concerns with the bond proposal. She let the ROEA know that she felt that an investment in the bond proposal would only help the district. She felt that the school of choice issue needs to be addressed and parents need to know that school of choice is used throughout the county. |
| Dr. Gaynor asked for the help of the ROEA with the Bond Proposal and explained his position. Both Dr. Gaynor and Ms. Bradford answered questions regarding the Bond Proposal. Lawn signs were made available at the meeting. |
| ROCSPE is holding a rally on May 29, 2002 for the Bond Proposal at 7:00 pm in the Dondero Common Room. |
| Monetary contributions are still needed to help fund the ROCSPE opportunities. A collection was made during the meeting. |
| The co-president of ROCSPE, came to the meeting and thanked the ROEA and Sid Kardon for the help provided to ROCSPE. |
Reports
Secretary’s Report
Minutes
for the April 23, 2002 Representative Assembly meeting were presented.
Tom Steeby moved to accept the minutes as corrected.
The motion carried.
Treasurer’s Report
| The budget report for April was presented. |
Executive Vice President’s Report
The Joint Committee met on May 2, 2002. Issues discussed at this meeting were the following.
| Whittier planning time, meeting schedule and pilot schedule proposal for the 2002-2003 school year. |
| Sick leave was approved and 227.5 days remain. This will allow 75 days to be added to next year’s sick bank. |
| Personal Days were granted for a teacher who lives in a district to participate in end-of-year activities with his/her own children. Teachers cannot be required to provide their own coverage. |
| Teacher Leader Report was presented. |
| John Schwarz presented a budget report. |
| Seniority list is being held up by problems with the MicroSage system. A request for this list will be made at the next meeting. |
| Sandra Standel will work on part-time to full-time status. |
| The ROEA wants a large sample to be used for the Teacher Evaluation Process. |
| Report card update. Using the MicroSage system to mark report cards was discussed. Each building will be tracking the benchmarks that are evaluated on the computer system beside the student’s grades on the grade book and the MicroSage system. |
| Sandra Standel and Kay Cornell will clarify class size relief issue at Dondero in the student government class. |
| Job sharing is hard to arrange. Sandra Standel knows who is interested in doing this. Please e-mail the ROEA if you are interested in job sharing. |
| If a teacher wants to teach in his/her minor the request can be made. A decision will be made on a case-by-case basis. |
| About 40 new hires are expected for next year. |
| The video procedures will need to be reviewed at the June Curriculum Subcommittee. Videos that are part of the curriculum and those that accompany the textbooks are approved. The intent of the procedure needs to be revisited. |
| TAG Individual Development Plans for identifying the gifted and talented students to middle school teachers. Only students who scored high on Standford Binet will be considered. |
Issues to bring up at this meeting are the following.
| Some buildings were given a list of meeting dates for next year and teachers were asked to let the administration know if the dates were OK. |
| The Stanford Binet test was not administered until May. This will not allow teachers enough time to recommend students for the TAG program in a timely manner. The test needs to be administered earlier. |
| The president of the ROEA needs to be allowed to speak at the opening day address. |
Program Vice President’s Report
Public Relations
| There are six confirmed retirees for the retirement. |
| An association representative is still needed to introduce one of the retirees. |
The Curriculum Subcommittee met on May 8, 2002.
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Seniority List is the same as in the Joint Committee report. |
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Student Reporting Committee will be for secondary level. The meeting will be from 3:15-4:15 on May 29, 2002 and concerns the new report cards. |
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The new members of the Curriculum Guide Committee were selected and the new members were listed in the same memo that asked for the Curriculum Guide Feedback. |
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Career speakers will be increased for the Middle School programs for next year. |
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Middle School language program will be continued next year. |
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Some keyboarding is supposed to be taught before 6th grade and more needs to be taught from 6th grade on. |
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The issue of teachers teaching in their minor subject area was discussed. This issue will be discussed further in June. |
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There will be two full days of professional development on student achievement on October 14 and 15, 2002. The first day will be a meeting at one school; the second day will be in the individual buildings. |
The following issue will be brought up at the next Curriculum:
| The question was raised concerning if someone will be taking Barbara McClanaghan’s position in the curriculum subcommittee now that she is on long-term disability. |
Political Action Committee Chair’s Report
| No report |
| Mark Weatherwax and Anilisa Bailiff were the two school board candidates endorsed by the ROEA on May 22, 2002. |
President’s Report
| Sid Kardon thanked Monty Weathers, Maureen Altermatt and Bertha Vela Arribas for their work for the ROEA. |
| Maternity Leave and contractual rights. Some teachers requesting maternity leave are being intimidated about the amount of time they are allowed to take and their options. The ROEA is recommending that anyone planning on talking to Sandra Standel about maternity leave first talk to the ROEA and have Sid Kardon or Curt Lang present during the meeting. |
| Linda Flynn was the winner of the 50/50 raffle. |
ROEA Scholarship Committee Report
Two scholarships were awarded to Vince Caruso’s daughter, Katherine and Dawn Mayer’s Son, Lee.
Unfinished Business
| Sara Fenwick and Crystal Pamer and were awarded the ROEA Scholarships. |
New Business
| The Whittier School Proposal– the school will add time to the student’s instructional day, so staff can take chunks of time during the school day for meetings. The Executive Board will need to approve this pilot program for one year and then it will be evaluated at that time. |
Cheryl Baranski Drukas moved to adjourn the meeting. The meeting adjourned at 5:53 p.m.
Marcia Rauschendorfer, Secretary
