BOARD OF DIRECTORS...• GO2017-03-05: Approve recommendation to appoint Nancy Schiffer to the Bylaw Advisory Committee. VIII. GENERAL BUSINESS • Lease status of current office space

Regular Meeting of BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PSEA Administrative Offices 13378 Poway Road, Poway, CA 92064

March 20, 2017 AGENDA

Closed Session

4:30 p.m. (if

needed)

I. CALL TO ORDER OF BOARD MEMBERS

II. GENERAL COUNSEL: PERSONNEL, GRIEVANCE, AND LITIGATION REPORT

Board of Directors Meeting 4:45 p.m.

to 6:00 p.m.

I. QUORUM CALL /CALL TO ORDER

II. REPORT OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION

III. REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES

• February 13, 2017 Board of Directors

IV. REPORT UPDATES

V. SITE REPRESENTATIVE SHARE-OUT

• Noteworthy happenings and/or questions from the sites.

VI. MEMBER COMMENTS

• Members may discuss items not on the agenda. Items requiring a vote of the

Board will be placed on the next month’s agenda.

VII. GENERAL ORDERS

• GO2017-03-01: Budget Increase Request; research and retain outside

organizing consultant, not to exceed $4000 per month (Total increase:

$12,000 for 2-16-17 fiscal year).

• GO2017-03-02: Approval of Tee Shirt expenditure.

• GO2017-03-03: Approval for catering expenditure for the April 17, 2017,

PSEA Board Meeting with new Superintendent, Dr. Marion Kim-Phelps.

• GO2017-03-04: Approval of expenditure to participate as a sponsor for the

Golf Classic on May 5, 2017.

• GO2017-03-05: Approve recommendation to appoint Nancy Schiffer to the

Bylaw Advisory Committee.

VIII. GENERAL BUSINESS

• Lease status of current office space and discussion on search for future office

space.

IX. EVENT CALENDAR

• Every Friday – Now through the end of school: PSEA T-Shirt Day

• March 21, 2017: PUSD Board Meeting

• March 23, 2017: PSEA Bylaws Committee

• April 17, 2017: PSEA Board of Directors Meeting (Special Guest: Dr. Marion

Kim-Phelps, PUSD Superintendent)

• April 10 through 14, Spring Recess

• April 19, 2017: Labor Relations

X. GOOD OF THE ORDER

XI. ADJOURNMENT

Poway School Employees Association

Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors PSEA Administrative Offices

13378 Poway Road, Poway, CA 92064 MINUTES for February 13, 2017

QUORUM CALL/CALL TO ORDER 4:50 p.m. A quorum was established.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESENT ABSENT

Lynnette Turner, President, Courtney Martin, Vice-President Eileen Lalone, Treasurer Lorie Sherman, Secretary Marcelle Quellet, Parliamentarian Nancy Brundrett, Member at Large Susan Hartman, Member at Large Lonn Paul, Member at Large

Yoenda Dornan

OTHERS PRESENT

Ricardo Ochoa, Joy Fleming, Linda Farmer, Luanne Hook, Teri Johns, Hilda Chaiday, Stephanie Allensworth, Bruce Dunlap, Janet Alkema, Sue Thomas, Bridgette Padilla, Robby Boyd, Nick Lombardo, Karen Santiago.

REPORT OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION

None. REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Motion to read and approve the minutes of the last Executive Board meeting of January 23, 2017: Motioned by: Linda Farmer; Seconded by: Eileen LaLone. Motion: carries.

INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS

Officers took the Oath of Office. Courtney Martin, Vice President, Lorie Sherman, Secretary, Susan Hartman, Member at Large and Lonn Paul, Member at Large. Linda Farmer and Doug Nicoll were honored with a plaque of appreciation. Yoenda could not attend the meeting but sent a personal message that reads: It has been my honor to work with all of you. I have enjoyed each of you, your personalities, and opinions. I admire all your dedication, hard work, and supportive ideas that has formed PSEA to what it has become. You have shown me different ways of looking at things, different ways to proceed to the most beneficial solution, and how to work together for the greater good. Thank you all for being such a great team to work with.

Minutes – PSEA Board of Directors

Page 2 of 3 Date: February 13, 2017

I am not quitting PSEA; I will still be active with Negotiations, as a Site Rep., Chair of the Scholarship Committee, and part of the Bylaws Committee. I might even surprise you someday and run for a position on the Board again. I value each one of you and the time you are giving to PSEA to make it great! With great appreciation, Yo REPORT UPDATE Courtney Martin gave an update of scholarship committee. They are preparing the forms for the spring scholarship program. Lynnette spoke about the budget cuts that she mentioned in the Board Report. Interim Business Associate Superintendent says the county wants very specific cuts. Lynnette met with district officials and she was asked what PSEA was willing to cut. The district asked for a priority list. Linda declared that we are not prepared or willing to answer that question without first talking to our members. Lynnette suggested that the Superintendent ask the boots on the ground and she also suggested they speak with accounting staff at school sites. Frustration exists due to inaccurate reporting from various media agencies. PSEA would like to know what the amount of cuts actually are so that we can examine the issue more in-depth. Courtney went over a survey that will be going out to members. The survey will be anonymous in nature and will have a wide array of questions regarding our members’ workload, staffing, compensation, etc. There will be an area for members to expand their responses. The survey is a work in progress and a draft was provided. Suggestions to the survey were discussed. General Counsel shared that just received some news via email and PERB has issued formal complaints for the Unilateral Vacation Change and Hourly Sick Leave unfair labor practice charges. PERB has agreed that we have met the criteria for trial and we are awaiting word from district. SITE REPRESENTATIVE SHARE-OUT Teri Johns, mentioned how well the teachers at her site organize themselves and have a united front and a discussion followed. Ideas on how to rally the members were also part of the discussion. Hilda Chiaday, mentioned that her site members do not have adequate access to computers to fill out the online survey. Hilda requests that members be provided hard copies. Courtney will accommodate the request. Miscellaneous share out included:

Ways to cut budget, waste, and excess. What about the budget reserves?

How many stipends do the school sites have? Is there data that breaks it down? If stipends are cut, then teacher work should go away.

The district needs to share this budget information in other ways besides email. Not all employees check their emails.

Minutes – PSEA Board of Directors

Page 3 of 3 Date: February 13, 2017

It is about priorities and will, and whether the Board have the will to do the right thing.

In regards to survey, what are the things you are most willing to resist and what will you do to ensure those things are preserved? The survey is intended to start a conversation with people and get information to the members.

There has been a history of cutting classified and members want to resist. We are hearing that members are overworked and underpaid.

PSEA must be organized. We will resist pay cuts, furlough days and feel that the district should take more of budgetary hit than classified.

We must mobilize. It starts with Site Representatives getting the message out because many of the employees do not know what we are up against. We must get our message out. Site reps know the pulse of their sites and must seek out those members who are uninformed.

Ricardo explained mobilizing and focusing on the folks in the middle who feel helpless. We need let members know what they can do.

PSEA has been very successful with the Personnel Commission, the School Board and Grievances in the last several years.

Lynnette will speak on history of cuts at the upcoming School Board meeting. It has been rumored that a big announcement will be made during the meeting. Possibly in regards to a decision on a new superintendent. We need a physical show of support.

MEMBER COMMENTS None. GENERAL ORDERS

1. First read for research and retention of a professional outside organizational consultant, not to exceed $4,000.00 per month. No action taken.

GENERAL BUSINESS Lynnette to explore the idea of retaining a budget analyst to go over the numbers that the district presents us. EVENT CALENDAR Next Meeting Date: March 20, 2017.

GOOD OF THE ORDER

None. ADJOURNMENT

6:01 p.m. It was moved by Susan Hartman, seconded by Marcelle Quellet, to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjournment was approved by unanimous consent.

ATTEST:

Date: ______________________ ___________________________ Lorie Sherman, PSEA Secretary

PSEA BOARD REPORT

To: ALL PSEA Briefing Date: MARCH 20, 2017

PRESIDENT LYNNETTE TURNER

I attended the March 7th School Board meeting with our PSEA Vice President, Courtney Martin and Negotiation Team Member Doug Crooks. We, and about 70 PSEA Members, carried the message that we work best when we work together. We have received an invite to talk with President of the Board, Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff and spoke to her about our desire to participate in “fiscal IBPS,” a method of combing through the District’s budget that has been successful for the Poway Federation of Teachers.

Our PSEA Board meeting scheduled for April will have a special guest - Dr. Marion Kim-Phelps, PUSD’s new Superintendent. The location has been changed to the Community Room at the District Office, 15250 Avenue of Science to accommodate all who wish to meet Dr. Kim-Phelps. The meeting will be on April 17, 2017, and begin at 4:45 p.m., with our special guest first on the agenda. We will push the business portion of meeting to the end.

We have dates on calendar for negotiations to begin for Unit II, Operations Support Services. Serving on the Negotiation Team with me are Nick Lombardo, Melinda Turnwall and Lonn Paul from the Transportation Department, Ricardo Gonzalez from Westview’s Nutrition Center and George Haughelstine, lead custodian at Adobe Bluffs. We are excited to get going.

Calendar 2017-2018 has been published. The calendar serves as a guideline for supervisors to ensure that the correct contract days are scheduled. If your principal needs you to work slightly different start and end dates, this is permissible; just make sure that you do not end up working more or less than your contract days. The contract days are as follows:

o 185 (9.5 months) o 195 (10 months) o 202 (10.5 months) o 209 (11 months) o 220 (11.5 months) o 245 (12 months)

VICE PRESIDENT COURTNEY MARTIN

Thank you to all members that supported PSEA’s message of “We Work Best When We Work Together!” The feedback we received after the Board meeting was overwhelmingly uplifting. We heard kudos from our members as well as management and community members. Our positive message definitely resonated across the District. In an effort to continue this positivity, the Board discussed how we can better support the community and be involved in community-wide events. As a first consideration to this new goal, we will be discussing sponsorship of the PUSD Foundation Golf Classic and volunteer opportunities. If you would like to be a part of the discussion or give your feedback, please attend our Board Meeting on Monday. For more information regarding the event and how it supports the community, please visit: http://birdeasepro.com/pusdfoundation

SECRETARY LORIE SHERMAN

None.

TREASURER EILEEN LALONE

OPERATIONS CHECKING ACCT: EXPENSES/TRANSFERS DETAIL Beginning Balance: $ 128,905.52 Operations $717.84 Income: $ 49,034.70 Facility/Equipment $2710.70 Expenses: $ 18,612.00 Contract Services $11,910.76 Ending Balance: $159,328.22 Payroll $2,724.24 Travel/Meetings $488.52 Awards and Grants $59.94

PARLIAMENTARIAN MARCELLE OUELLET

Bylaws Advisory Committee met on March 9, 2017 and tackled the first four Articles in the Bylaws. Our next meeting will be held on March 23, 2017.

MEMBER AT LARGE NANCY BRUNDRETT

None.

MEMBER AT LARGE KIM CARROLL

None.

MEMBER AT LARGE SUSAN HARTMAN

None.

MEMBER AT LARGE LONN PAUL

I have been making rounds to various school sites and meeting with some PSEA members.

GENERAL COUNSEL RICARDO OCHOA

PERB Charges

Dress Code ULP – We have appealed to the full PERB Board a PERB Agent’s dismissal of this charge. Briefing was completed on August 4, 2016 and we are waiting for a decision.

Vacation Accrual ULP – PERB has issued a complaint over the District’s unilateral change to our agreement to increase the minimum vacation accrual for classified employees to 12 days. If PSEA and the District cannot reach a settlement by mid-May, PERB will schedule a trial before an Administrative Law Judge over the District’s unilateral change.

Hourly Sick Leave ULP – PERB has issued a complaint over the District unilaterally imposing a cap on accrual and carry-over of sick leave earned by hourly employees under the State Earned Sick Leave Law. If PSEA and the District cannot reach a settlement by mid-May, PERB will schedule a trial before an Administrative Law Judge over the District’s unilateral change.

Negotiations

UNIT I: Negotiations for a new contract for Unit I (Office, Technical, Business Services and Paraprofessional) have proceeded at a snails’ pace. In the last year of negotiations, we have reached a tentative agreement on only three Articles (Payroll Deductions, Evaluations and PSEA Rights). Meanwhile, PERB has issued complaints over two different District unfair labor practices affecting other unresolved articles (Sick Leave and Vacations), and we remain far apart on the following critical issues for Unit I employees:

o Elimination of 3+3 work assignments; o Family-friendly leave policies; o Wages; and o Restoration of Positions and Hours

UNIT II: PSEA and the District will start negotiations for Unit II (Operations Support Services) on March 23.

COMMITTEE

REPORTS None.

GENERAL ORDERS GO2017-03-01: Budget Increase Request; research and retain outside organizing consultant, not to exceed $4000.00 per month (second reading and approval) GO2017-03-02: Approval of Tee Shirt expenditure in an amount not to exceed $5000.00. GO2017-03-03: Approval of catering expenditure for the April 17, 2017, PSEA Board meeting with new Superintendent, Dr. Marion Kim-Phelps, in an amount not to exceed $250.00.

GO2017-03-04: Approval of sponsorship expenditure for Poway Unified School District Foundation’s 10th Annual Partners in Education Golf Classic, in an amount not to exceed $2,500.00. GO2017-03-05: Approve recommendation to appoint Nancy Schiffer to the Bylaws Advisory Committee.

EVENTS April 10-14, 2017: Spring Break April 14, 2017: Spring Holiday

March 21, 2017: PUSD Board Meeting April 17, 2017: PSEA Board Meeting April 19, 2017: Labor Relations Meeting