
All in all, it was a very successful session!
I encourage you all to come to negotiations and observe the process. I will tell you, the climate in the room is not at all like the past three years. It is pleasant and productive.
We started with MOUs (Memoranda of Understanding). MOUs have an end date and will not be embedded into the contract beyond the end date.
ALL MOUs are pending ratification.
MCEA re-openers of the contract:
XI.1 Sick Leave:
* The District rejected the MCEA proposal to expand sick leave payout to those MBUs (members of bargaining unit) hired after July 1, 2011.
* The District was amenable to the MCEA proposal allowing qualifying employees (see XI.I H) to receive terminal sick leave payout upon retirement or resignation. Employee must retire or resign at the end of a semester and give prior by the following dates: By November 1st in order to retire or resign on December 31st of that year, or by May 1st in order to retire or resign on June 30th of that year. The Superintendent may waive these requirements.
* The District agreed to MCEA language regarding Compassionate leave- employees may donate regardless of the number of days they personally used in a given year as long as they have a balance of at least thirty (30) days.
VIII - Evaluations
Talks are ongoing regarding the rotation of evaluators and the MBUs right to change evaluators after a cycle. The MCEA also proposed that the site Administration must present an evaluation schedule prior to the end of the school year and that teacher could change evaluator, upon written request, also prior to the end of the school year.
VIII.K.6 - FTE - At the last session, District proposed to strike language regarding the ability of teacher to drop students from calculation due to excessive absences. MCEA provided rationale for having this flexibility. Discussion will continue next session.
District re-openers: