IBB Minutes February 4, 2009

by Debra Geissert

February 07, 2009

MINUTES OF SPECIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING
INTEREST BASED BARGAINING
HERINGTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 487
CITY/SCHOOL OFFICES
19 NORTH BROADWAY
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Diana Floyd called to order the special meeting of the Board of Education of U.S.D. 487 at 6:00 p.m., February 4, 2009. Board members and other staff present were: Stacey Berndt, Rod Erickson, Bret Beye, Deb Geissert, Patty Kahle, Barb Kurtenbach, Lyneva Bryan, Superintendent John Thissen, and Clerk of the Board, Robyn Heitfield. Miranda Christner joined the meeting at 6:30 p.m. Board members and other staff absent were: David Powell, Alan Stuart, Phil Brockmeier and Rosann Otte.
1. ADOPT AGENDA Rod Erickson moved (Berndt) to adopt the agenda. Motion carried 4-0.
2. IBB MEETING John Doern with the Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service facilitated the meeting. He asked the committee to reflect on the previous year’s meetings and address any “bumps in the road” or issue concerns they may have encountered. Mr. Thissen then reviewed these issues with the group and updated them on their progress.
Last year’s ground rules were distributed and reviewed. Minor changes were made, future meeting dates were scheduled and a completion goal was confirmed. The previous year’s standards were discussed and agreed as follows:

STANDARDS
 Workable
 Ratifiable – Can this be ratified by the teachers and Board?
 Cost – Is there a cost associated with each issue?
Once cost has been determined within each issue, the question of affordability
will be discussed by the group.
A request was made to include a section to explain Collaboration Days in the Negotiated Agreement.
The following issues were listed and defined as negotiated items:
ISSUE A: COMPENSATION
 SALARY
 COUNSELORS(EXTENDED CONTRACT)
 HEALTH INSURANCE
 BEFORE/AFTER SCHOOL WAGES
 SUMMER SCHOOL WAGES
ISSUE B: SUPPLEMENTALS
 COACHING SUPPLEMENTALS
 LUMP SUM PAYMENT
ISSUE C: PLAN TIME
 LOSS OF PLAN TIME
ISSUE D: EXTRA DUTY
 BEFORE/AFTER DUTY DAY
ISSUE E: LEAVE
 SHARED LEAVE POLICY
 ANOTHER PERSONAL DAY
ISSUE F: CALENDAR
 DEFINE SCHOOL YEAR
 FOUR DAY SCHOOL WEEK/LONGER DAYS
 FLOATING WORK DAY
 P/T CONFERENCE SCHEDULING
ISSUE G: LANGUAGE
 DEFINITION OF COLLABORATION
 REDUCTION IN STAFF(RIF)
 NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT(HEALTH INSURANCE, PAGE 5)
Discussion followed regarding issues identified as “practice not policy” and therefore could not be considered as negotiated items:
SUBS FOR “SPECIAL” CLASSES (TITLE, LIBRARY)
 SUBSTITUTES NEEDED ON CONTINOUS DAYS
BEFORE/AFTER SCHOOL POLICY
 DETERMINING WHO IS ALLOWED
 FUNDING THE PROGRAM
 MORNING VS. AFTER SCHOOL STAFF UNBALANCED
 STUDENT- TEACHER RATIO
 PLAYTIME VS. ACADEMIC FOCUS
 KINDERGARTEN ALLOWED TO ATTEND BEFORE SCHOOL ONLY
 BEFORE SCHOOL PROGRAM IN PLACE TO HELP WORKING PARENTS
 AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM GOAL IS ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT
AFTER SCHOOL PURPOSE
 REVISIT PROGRAM GOALS AND CONCEPTS PRIOR TO GRANT
 DAILY ORGANIZATION
 MORE RESPONSIBILITY PLACED ON CLASSROOM TEACHERS
 POSSIBILITY OF ADDING TO NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT
CLASS SIZE/AIDES
 CLASS SIZES TOO BIG FOR TEACHERS WITHOUT AIDES
 KEEP NUMBERS THE SAME IN CLASSROOMS FOR EACH GRADE
OTHER PAY DURING DUTY DAY
 RECEIVING OTHER PAY TO TEACH COLLEGE COURSES DURING REGULAR DUTY DAY
 EXCEPTIONS TO “DOUBLE DIPPING”
 UNDER DISTRICT’S CONTRACT
 TEACH STUDENTS THAT REQUIRE EXTRA HELP INSTEAD OF COLLEGE COURSES
 DOCKED PAY WHILE TEACHING COLLEGE COURSE DURING DAY
WELLNESS PROGRAM
 WELLNESS COMMITTEE NEEDS TO MEET
 LOOK AT CURRENT WELLNESS PROGRAM
TUTURING FOR PAY
 WORKING ONE ON ONE INSTEAD OF AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM
 PARENTS REQUESTING EXTRA HELP FOR CHILD
 IDENTIFY AS SIT PLAN?
 MANY TEACHERS VOLUNTEERING OWN TIME
 CASE BY CASE BASIS
 AT RISK FUNDING
Mr. Thissen informed the group he would take these issues to administration
to discuss in detail.
The next scheduled meeting will be Tuesday, March 24, 2009 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the District Office.

3. ADJOURNMENT At 8:05 p.m., Stacey Berndt moved (Erickson) to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried 4-0.
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Robyn Heitfield, Clerk of Board of Education
Attest: ____________________________________
Diana Floyd, President
Date: _____________________________________