General Membership Meeting

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General Membership Meeting

• Tentative Agreement between
• AAPS and AAEA
• Regarding Staff Reduction

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The News

• Who
• What
• When
• Where (How)
• Why

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Who? AAPS Bargaining Team

• Bob Galardi Deputy Superintendent Human
  Resources
• Gary Court Principal Tappan Middle School
• Jane Landefeld Director of Student Accounting
• Alice Lilyhorn Supervisor of Employment
  Services
• Robert Allen Deputy Superintendent Operations

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Who? AAEA Bargaining Team

• Linda Carter
• Fred Klein
• Allan Loeb
• Susan McKee
• Elaine Hill Richmond
• Brit Satchwell
• Paul Morrison

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What? Problem Solving

• Joint Problem Staff reduction
• 2006-2009 contract in place
• Ongoing monthly meetings provided for in contract
  since 1984

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When?

• Problem Solving meetings January March were
  increased
• Resolution must be in place by April 5 to
  implement ERI and complete staffing

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How?

• Common Goals
• No layoffs
• Minimize disruptions to program
• Minimize disruptions due to changes in
  assignments
• Minimize class size increases

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How? (continued)

• Common strategy
• Other cost savings that the district can control
  will come to Problem Solving for input
• Middle School Restructuring
• ERI
• Voluntary and Involuntary transfer language

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Why?

• Our goals have the greatest chance or being
  achieved through this plan
• We keep control of our destiny
• Poison pill language

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The specifics

• ERI
• Middle School restructuring
• Staffing

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Early Retirement Incentive

• Huge change in Boards attitude
• Very targeted enough to avoid layoffs but not
  more (167 eligible) 45 minimum
• At least 25 years of service to AAPS and 30 years
  MIPSERS credit
• 30,000 if less than 55 members 40,000 if more
  members retire
• MEA Financial will help
• Also changed Terminal Leave Pay to save members
  money.

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Middle School RestructuringHonored Committees
Work

• Increases student contact from 256 to 295 minutes
  per day increases work load
• Removed lunch supervision
• Protected Advisory language
• Improved grade reporting language
• Removed continuing education language
• Adjusted MS sports pay (protected current
  coaches)
• Unassigned time

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Staffing

• Part timers treated equally to full timers
• Prevented raining pink slips
• Improved language to protect those involuntarily
  transferred
• Continued voluntary transfer language
• Does not guarantee no layoffs

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Recommendation

• The Bargaining Team recommends you approve this
  package
• It is the best way to protect our members from
  layoffs and from involuntary transfers
• It will help demonstrate to the community a
  healthy and positive labor relations environment
  in our school district