Cupertino Education Association
Executive Board Meeting
Monday, February 7, 2011
CEA Office 4:00 PM
I. Meeting called to order by Dave Villafana at 4:04 PM.
II. Amendments to the Agenda - none.
III. Approval of January 10, 2011 Minutes - Linda moved to approve, Barbara seconded. Motion carried.
IV. Discussion Items:
A. Parcel Tax - As of 10AM today, the parcel tax became Measure C. There have been 7 PTAs that have met and donated $999 toward the funding the campaign. Neal is working on a Measure C newsletter with talking points and other information regarding the parcel tax and those will be distributed to members. Neal meets again with the committee on Wednesday the 18th. Begins in March with phone banking. Dave suggested we get jackets for executive board members. He passed out a suggestion. We need to consider it and get back to him.
B. Site Visitations - Dave let the district know that we will be going out on one day after vacation to visit sites. We will need full day subs for that day.
C. Bargaining - Neal discussed the changes to the contract. Discussion regarding changes to FAC language. Discussion about changes to Willie Brown language. Also discussed changes to the language for catastrophic leave.
D. Kindergarten Executive Board Member - The next step is for the members to approve the change to the CEA by-laws to create the Kindergarten Director beginning in the 2011-2012 school year.
E. Layoffs - On Friday the district will make a decision on who will receive layoff notices. March 4th will make a difference too because that will be the date the governor will/won't get his tax extension measure on the ballot.
F. State Council - Big discussion at the meeting this past weekend about teacher evaluation and how we want it to be configured. There is a survey on the CTA website regarding how we want teacher evaluations to be done. State council is looking at getting rid of second grade testing. Dean Vogel was voted in as the new CTA president and will begin in June. They have adopted the common core standards and are working on the assessments for them and then will work on the materials. This process will take about 5 years.
G. Legislative Brunch - Janice suggested that we take reps in addition to executive members, but also some parents could be invited. The board thought this was a good idea. We cover the cost for folks to go.
V. Information Items:
A. Recognition Dinner at Michael's Shoreline on May 3, 2011.
VI. Meeting adjourned at 5:48 PM.