Wooster Education Association

Leaders in Education Since 1904

Executive Committee – Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Transportation Lounge, 5:30 PM

1. Welcome:  5:30PM
2. Adoption of Agenda

-Robin Isenhart, Glenda Drouhard

 

3. Approval of Executive Committee Minutes:  September 2014

-Robin Gonzalez, Clay Price

 

4. Officers’ Reports
5. Secretary:  Charles Cerniglia

-Thank you for $25 donation to the Heiffer Foundation.

 

1. Treasurer:  Karen Linch

Financial:

Checking:           $35,209.98

Savings:             $12,143.87

Total:                 $47,353.85

 

Membership:

Certified:           284+ 1 Fee Payer

Classified:           181+ 2 Fee Payers

Total:                           465+ 3 Fee Payers

 

-Robin Isenhart, Deb Brown

 

1. Vice-President Classified:  Glenda Drouhard
2. Vice-President Certified:  Tim Gallagher
3. WEA President’s report:  Scott S. Miller

-Reminder of importance of voting.

-ohioballot.com.

-Scott will continue to send out reminders.

-Campaign season, not much legislation moving, but possibly in lame duck session.

-State Sen. Kearney will introduce legislation to increase school year by 40 days.

 

5. Committee Reports
6. Membership:  refer to treasurer’s report

 

1. Classified Grievance:  Roxann Long

-3 grievances transpiring

-2 closely related dealing with transferring drivers and manipulating hours.

-third deals with a van route

 

1. Certified Grievance:  Brian Burdine

-2 grievances: 1 guidance, 1 department chair

-may have a 3^rd in the works involving music lady

 

1. Legislative Update:  Scott S. Miller

 

1. Evaluation Review Committee:  Tim Gallagher

-Things are quiet, which is a cause of concern.

-Next item is what state is doing with SLOs.

-Scott: Wrote to determine when board will vote to approve Evaluation revisions so that Association can vote on it…has yet to hear back.

 

6. Labor Relation Consultant (LRC) Report:  LaVonne Lobert-Edmo

-Make sure everybody votes

-Right-To-Work bill in state congress

 

8. New Business:

-Revising Sunshine policy – who gets flowers, cards, etc…

-Anne Bowles, Laura Heath

-Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce application

-cost of $350

-Inroads to community

-Robin Gonzalez, Deb Brown

-Soup-with-Santa on Saturday December 13, from 11-1 at Edgewood in the Cafeteria

-bring 1-2 dozen cookies or soup

 

9. Old Business:
10. Adjournment

-Clay Price, Robin Isenhart

 

Attendance: Scott Miller, Karen Linch, Tim Gallagher, Anne Bowles, Roxann Long, Charles Cerniglia, Glenda Drouhard, LaVonne Lobert-Edmo, David Weinman, Jane Anne White, Robin Isenhart, Deb Brown, Robin Gonzalez, Clay Price, Brian Burdine, Vic Cole, Laura Heath