7:00 PM Worksession
“Challenging Student Excellence”
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I.
Pledge
of Allegiance
II.
Call To Order The meeting was called to order at
III.
Roll Call Present: Chairperson
Mulvey, and Cathy Kaiser,
Representative
Absent: Pat Watkins
Administration
Present: James M. Halley, Ed.D, Superintendent of
Schools; William J. Daly, Director of Human Resources; Joseph F. Quinn, Jr.,
Director of Administrative Services
Absent:
Daniel McGregor, Ph.D, Director of Pupil Personnel Services; Barbara Fitzsimmons, Ed.D,
Director of Curriculum
IV.
Presentation Robinson Green Beretta Architects
Joseph
Quinn, Director of Administrative Services introduced the RGB Architects. The
Mr.
Steve Hughes and Mr. David DeQuattro of RGB
Corporation presented a detailed comprehensive facility feasibility analysis to
the committee. The report concentrated
on five schools – Davisville Elementary,
They
stressed that this report is a roadmap or guideline for the committee to
use. If preferred, work can be done in
stages with priorities being done first.
The
full report is available in the Superintendent’s Office in the
V.
Open
Forum –
He
provided the community with some background information about the progress of
negotiations. Negotiations between the
Issues
still not resolved are salary increases, number of days in the teacher work year,
contributions to health insurance coverage, kindergarten class size,
professional responsibilities, time off for the union president and maintaining
certifications.
A
handout was available titled Current Status of Negotiations in which the
On
Monday night the union leadership implemented a “contract compliance”
position. The
Carolyn
Coppolino –
After reading the
Joseph
Avanzato –
He felt that the negotiations have been bogged down. He stated that the teachers have taken a bold
step in returning to work and it is time for the
He
felt an important issue is the relationship with the teachers and
administration and urged the
Bob
Sullivan – Mr. Sullivan also
summarized negotiations. He stated that
there had been ten contract negotiation meetings from March through June,
2003. At the ninth meeting only three
representative of the
proposal
of $1200 co-pay in the third year with a $500 step increase results in a
payment of $700, which is what the union has proposed.
He
compared negotiation talks to a burned spaghetti sauce which leave a bitter
taste that you can’t get out of your mouth.
He doesn’t want this to happen and wants a fair contract soon.
VI.
Routine
Items
A.
Correspondence and Good
News
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B.
Calendars – Dr. Halley reviewed
the calendar for the next two weeks with the
CONSENT AGENDA
Approved
items on the consent agenda
are marked with * on a motion by
Approved items that were exempted or amended within the consent agenda are marked with ** as
indicated immediately following the item.
Withdrawn or Tabled Items
from the consent agenda are marked with *** as indicated immediately following
the item.
C.
Personnel
Items
1.
Appointments,
Certificated Staff:
a)
Celestino Marsocci, .2 FTE Industrial
Arts Teacher at Davisville Middle School, Step 10 plus a Masters + 30 credits
with an annual salary of $12,321.80 plus any negotiated increases, effective
August 29, 2003.*
2.
Appointments,
Non-Certificated Staff:
a)
Judy Fry, Special
Education Paraprofessional at Forest Park Elementary School, Step 1 @ $9.29 per
hour, effective September 2, 2003.*
b)
Rose Crandall,
Food Service Worker at Davisville Middle School, 3 hours per day, 5 days a week
for a total of 15 hours per week, Step 1 @ $8.02, effective September 8, 2003.*
3.
Request for
Unpaid Parental Leave of Absence, Certificated Staff:
a)
Kathleen Lalonde, 1.0 FTE 5th Grade Elementary Teacher @
Fishing Cove School, from September 10, 2003 through January 5, 2003.*
b)
Lisa Giorganni, 1.0 FTE Itinerant Music Teacher from
4.
Increase in FTE,
Certificated Staff:
a)
Maria Festa, from .5 to .7 FTE (.6 @ Forest Park and .1 @ Hamilton) Itinerant Art Teacher, Step 2
plus a Masters with an annual salary of $25,556 plus any negotiated increases,
effective August 29, 2003.*
b)
Janet Blair, from
.5 to .6 FTE Art Teacher at Davisville Middle School, Step 3 plus a Bachelors +
30 credits with an annual salary of $22,655 plus any negotiated changes, effective
August 29, 2003.*
5.
Resignation,
Non-Certificated Staff:
a)
William Monti, 2nd
Shift Custodian at the
Addendum
to Worksession Agenda:
V.C.6. 6. Salary
Index, Non-Unit Personnel
Increase salary index for all Non-Unit Personnel in
the amount of 3% effective
V.C.7 7. Medical
Insurance Co-Pay, Non Unit Personnel
Implement medial insurance co-pay
of 5% of the medical insurance premium,
maximum of $500 for family plan and $200 for individual plan
for all Non-Unit
Personnel effective 7/1/03.*
V.C.8 8. Salary
Index, School Administrators
Increase salary
index for all School Administrators by 3% effective
V.C.9 9. Medical
Insurance Co-Pay, School Administrators
Implement medical insurance o-pay
of 5% of the medical insurance premium,
maximum of $500 for family plan and $200 for individual plan
for all School
Administrators effective 7/1/03.*
VII.
New Business
A. NEANK Contract Negotiations –
schools if
the teachers will not be attending.
Carol
Hueston disagreed. She felt some
teachers may choose to attend, but the principals also have important
information about each school to convey to parents.
Bob Sullivan stated that the teachers would
like to be there but they do not have a
contract
yet. He feels that a hard line has been
taken with the teachers. This is a stressful, uncomfortable situation and they feel
they are being made to feel guilty about the healthcare issue. Teachers have decided to devote their energies
to the students in the classroom. Open
houses have always been voluntary and no letters of reprimand have been issued
in the past if teachers missed an open house.
He would only like to
postpone
participation in the open houses and the teachers will attend when they have a contract.
April
Brunnelle – She stated that the parents go to open
houses to meet the teachers. She
recommended postponing the open houses for a week or two.
An
acting PTO president recommended a vote against having the open houses. She felt that parents go to meet the teachers
and asked the committee to please resolve the contract issues.
Laurie
Viner – She asked for a clarification in the issue of the teachers maintaining
two certifications.
Mrs.
Viner asked the committee to resolve the issue and the relationship with the
teachers.
John
Ward – As a teacher at NK high school, he stated that to maintain a
certification, three courses are required every three years at a cost of $1,000
per course. He doesn’t feel that the
Mr.
Ward would like to know what the administrators’ salaries are and feels that
those figures should be made public. He
also does not want taxpayer money used for mailing information to the public.
Toni
Silveira – As a music teacher at the high school, she was concerned about the
issue of teachers’ unassigned time.
Teachers spend that time doing school work and now could be assigned to
different duties. She feels teachers
need this time to complete their work.
B. School
Roofs –
Mr.
Mudge requested that the administration submit a report on the history of the
school roofs.
Joe
Quinn responded that there has been some delay, but work will begin next week
and is expected to be complete within approximately six weeks. He will keep the committee informed of the
progress. Mr. Quinn also reported that
the change made to the roof contract was an addendum only and that the specs
were not 100% changed. All
specifications have been approved by the Town.
VIII. Due to the lateness of the hour,
Meeting
adjourned at
Respectfully
submitted,
_______________________________________
Karen
A. Nutini
Administrative
Assistant to the Superintendent