Meeting of the NASE Executive Board
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 4:00
APPROVED 1/7/2025
Room 200 Ryan Road Elementary School
In Attendance: (13 participants)
Andrea Egitto, Vanessa Coates-Cooney, Kim Bowler, Paula Rigano-Murray, Kate Fontaine, Erica Lamanna, Heather Brown, Emily Dumais, Sara Churchill-Winsor, Karen Schiaffo, Brian Bagdon, Cyndie Ouimette, Tammy Cook,
Andrea calls the meeting to order at 3:59 pm.
Item I: Call to Order and New Business
- SVAHS went to the negotiation meeting training that went well
- Disruptions with speech at Leeds and NHS still an issue and letters are going out to families, still no solution at this time
- MOA request: 2 part time nurses in the district serves as a nurse sub pay to be raised to 35.71 an hour from the 35 an hour/$250 a day
- Purpose of this MOA is to increase pay for when the part time nurse who is subbing/covering for an absence
- MOA request: Unpaid absences will need to have a doctor note for unpaid sick and advanced approval for unpaid personal otherwise
- This will be shared out with staffing via emails
- SVAHS inherited a JFK teacher (NPS), the superintendent approved his longevity but not his sick time
- Cyndie was able to maintain his sick time based on contract language
- REMEMBER: common language line within the contracts that can maintain longevity and sick times if changing from NPS to SVAHS and/or SVAHS to NPS
- By Friday, we have to decide if we are going to a level 3 for the BSS health and safety
- EB decided to move forward with filing as a level 3
Item II: Secretary’s Report
MOTION: to accept the Secretary’s Report
Entertained by: Andrea
Moved by: Kate
Seconded by: Tammy
Motion Approved: unanimously, 1 abstention
Item III: Treasurer’s Report
- Will be giving money for the mailchimp subscription for a reimbursement
- Working towards organizing payroll with ADP
- Still missing 2 members
- Hoping to have the first half checks for the December EC meeting
MOTION: to accept the Treasurer’s Report
Entertained by: Andrea
Moved by: Paula
Seconded by: Cyndie
Motion Approved: unanimously
Item IV: Plan for meetings/negotiations
- Prenegotiation meeting to go over the proposal which will be submitted by December 20th
- First meeting will be held January 7th
- Requesting that meetings should be held in person
Item V: Officer Reports
Item VI: Adjourn
MOTION: to adjourn.
Entertained by: Andrea
Moved by: Heather
Seconded by: Cyndie
Motion Approved: unanimously
Upcoming meetings
December 9, 4:00 – Bargaining prep
December 10, 4:00 JFK – NASE Executive Committee Meeting
NPS Bargaining – January 2
Officer Reports
Teachers (Unit A)
Lots happening at BSS with multiple grievances. Working on discipline issues at other schools. Planning for negotiations.
Admin (Unit B)
Nothing to report at this time.
ESPs (Unit C)
Lots happening at BSS. Working on a discipline issue.
SVHS (Unit D)
Planning for negotiations.
Clerical: (Unit E)
JSS posting went out for a 17.5 clerical position and concerns around the time and money. Planning for negotiations.
Custodian (Unit F)
Hired the JFK custodian. Some questions around notifications around time off and this is worked out. Planning for negotiations.
Cafeteria (Unit G)
Hired one person for one of the kitchens. Planning for negotiations. Nothing else to report at this time.
SVHS (Unit H)
Nothing to report at this time.
PR&R
Lots going on a BSS with 2 current grievances. Health and safety moving forward to a level 3 and failure to manage grievance moving with a level 1.
Membership Coordinator
We’ve had 2 new members since the last EB meeting. Total of 34 new members this year with a grand total of 532 members as of now.
Communications Coordinator
Nothing to report at this time.
President’s and Vice President’s Report
Preparing for bargaining. Defaulted into the GIC. MOA for the special education teachers and the associate principal. Working on open meeting law issues. Met with the negotiation subcommittee to organize and plan.
CAT TEAM – volunteers
Josh Seamon- Ignalis – JFK
Mareatha JFK
Erica Caron JFK
Jenny Mae Viets NHS
Jess Lavalle NHS
Sue Sullivan NHS
Michele Bernhard NHS
Jake Gallant (NHS para)
Karen Hidalgo NHS
Ray Paquette – NHS
Beth Monopoli – BSS
Jen Lucine-JSS
Huimin Wan- JSS
Sara Simmons RR
Cori Carey – RR
Lisa Labeau- RR
Kate Dell’Olio – Leeds
Andrew Foster – Leeds