Dear Esteemed Colleagues,
Your bargaining team met last Tuesday, April 30th with the District Administration. Some progress was made including reaching a TA on Article 8: Leaves. Some highlights of that article include allowing members to use an unlimited amount of accumulated sick leave during the school year to care for a sick or injured immediate family member, a standard rate for differential, members being able to donate as many of their sick days as they wish to the CLB when they retire, and putting an absence into the sub system as soon as they are able to so a substitute can be secured.
We also continued discussions around other articles including hours of employment, class size, transfer and reassignment, evaluations and shared decision making. As we discussed during the April Rep Council meeting, two items the District is proposing under hours are a defined number of hours in a work day and taking back the fourth Thursday minimum day each month for district PD.
Please see below for where we are regarding Article 15th after the last bargaining session
Article XV: Wages, Health, and Welfare: ETA and EESD Proposals as of 4/23/24
| ETA | EESD |
| 2024-2025: 5% Proposed reopening Article 15 for the years 2025-26 and 2026-27 | 2024-2025: 3% |
| Introduce payroll accountability language | Status quo |
| Increase in the monthly mileage reimbursements for nurses and adaptive PE specialists (from $85 per month to $95 per month) | District agreed |
| Additional music teachers Increased funding for performances: from $100 stipend per performance to $200 and not to exceed $1200 per middle school (was $400) | No agreement on additional music teachersDistrict agreed to increasing stipend and to increase the number of performances. |
| Longevity increases: Double each longevity step and adding a step after 28 years ($5,000) | $100 more per longevity stepNo agreement on adding another step |
| Annual stipend increases for Masters, Doctorate, SpEd | Status quo |
| Additional stipend for Licensed Clinical Social Worker | Status quo |
| Increases to the Psychologist salary schedule | Status quo |
Your engagement continues to be vital during these negotiations. As always, our ability to move the District Administration and School Board to a fair and fiscally responsible compensation package relies on all of us. Be sure you are attending meetings with your rep and participating in ETA actions.
If you have any questions, please check in with your rep or email etanegotiators@gmail.com from your personal email.
As always, it is an honor to work with you.
In solidarity,
Suzanne, Tami, Melody, Susana, Shirley, Julie, and Chaz (CTA support staff)
Evergreen Teachers Association -- San Jose, California 