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AFT-CFT AFL-CIO Local 1936 |
| June 3, 2004 Volume 8, Issue 15 |
COPE Survey Online
Step right up-or sit right down-to your computer and tell the Committee on Political Education what you think. What attributes do you think are crucial in a candidate running for the PVUSD Board of Trustees? This is your chance to speak up. Let us know your opinions and suggestions for possible candidates.
Go right now to www.pvft.net and click on Surveys in the blue menu bar. Follow the link to the survey questions concerning current trustees and what you think candidates need to qualify.
Please take the survey right away. You only have until the end of the school year, June 11 to respond. The following week, the PVFT COPE will review the results and develop a plan of action for the November campaign. Your committee hopes to recruit a slate of union-friendly candidates to run for the available seats on the school board. With your help, we will succeed!
Negotiations plus
PVFT negotiators are in training this week at the district offices. Interest-Based Bargaining takes center stage as Carolyn Savino and PVFT Executive Board members Stef Seffinger and Lisa Massey join our team-Carmen Gagne, George Lerek, Joe Manildi, Peggy Pughe and Michael Hillyer. PVUSD Trustees Rhea DeHart, Sharon Gray and Dan Hankemeier are also on board with the PVUSD team, the Superintendent, Associate and Assistant Superintendents, the heads of Transportation and Human Resources as well as CSEA leadership.
Interest-Based Bargaining places the emphasis on "win-win" mutual gains. The parties look for common ground and attempt to satisfy mutual interests. Traditional bargaining focuses on taking and defending positions . IBB emphasizes exploring the interests of the parties and reconciling them.
The PVFT team will wait until the fall to sunshine proposals for the new contract. Remember, the prior contract remains in force. Any changes in benefits must be ratified by you, PVFT members.
News for you
New principals
PVFT welcomes new leadership to local schools. P.V. High: Frank (Poncho) Rodriguez; Rio del Mar: Mike Heffner; Mintie White: Olga de Santa Anna. W.H.S. and Calabasas' choices go the Trustees on Friday, June 4 so we will know by Monday.
The Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce sponsored the adoption of eight schools by local businesses. The schools and their new partners are: AVCI/The Spot; Amesti/Annieglass and Applied Research; Ann Soldo/Yahiro Insurance; Freedom/Freedom Rotary Club; Hall District/Mac-Donald's; Mintie White/Watsonville Community Hospital; E.A. Hall/Watsonville Rotary Club; and Charter School of the Arts/Community Bank of Central California.
Outstanding scholars
PVFT is honoring scholarship recipients with the amount increased to$400 from$200. Due to confidentiality before award ceremonies, we will refrain from publishing the names of the winners. Check the PVFT website soon for the list of worthy scholars.
ACSA Salutes PVUSD
The local Association of California School Administrators recognizes school leaders for a job well done. The Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay and San Benito chapter honored PVUSD leaders for their dedication, hard work and compassion for public education.
ACSA nominated and selected Marianne Mays, Dorma Baker, Bob Harper and Terry McHenry for their outstanding performance. Congratulations!
Lakeview teacher celebrates in D.C.
Ana England teaches math at Lakeview Middle School. In March Ana traveled to Washington, D.C. to pick up her Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching , the nation's highest commendation for K-12 math and science teachers. In her whirlwind week, Ana met President Bush, attended a White House summit, and spent a recipient-only evening at the Smithsonian featuring an Imax premiere. And the group testified at a congressional hearing on math and science.
Ana says this was the most amazing trip-she and the other 91 honorees enjoyed being treated like royalty day after day.
Visit www.cmc-math.org/PAEMST for program details. You might win the next award!
Congrats to the newly tenured
| Enjoy a long and rewarding career here | |||
| Veronica Aguilar | Carmen Alvarez | Michael Blum | Ana Bocanegra |
| Brandon Bowen | Nancy J. Cabral | Caroline Calero | Emilie Cassar |
| Josefina Castrellon | Anne Childers | Jennifer Church | Friday Cornelison |
| Maria Correia | Shawna Courtright | Phoenix Coverley | Valerie C. Cyperi |
| Angela Dailey | James Dillon | Megan Dolan | Stanley Dudek |
| Sharon Duty | Deanna J. Evans | Harendra Goonetilleke | Jennifer Gregory |
| Feliz Guarino | Khara M. Gutierrez | Reginald Hageman | John Hamilton |
| Joseph Hlavaty | Diane Holly | Patti R. Houston | April Huerta |
| Carey Keisler | Raye Kooker | Janet Kreitzer | Andrew Lachman |
| Jennifer Laskin | Christine Linder | Michael Macioce | Jorge Manriquez |
| Janet Mathers | Erin Mejia | Ruben Mejia | Diane McCorkle |
| Kathleen McGinty | Anthony Miller, Jr. | Sharyn Miyamoto | James Moore |
| Holly Lynn Meyers | Efrain Ortiz | Trina Padilla | Lynda D. Pate |
| Gloria Pena | Lisa Marie Perea | Charles Peters | Barbara Raab |
| Angelyn Redstone | Philip Rosenblum | Steven Sande | Pauline M. Seales |
| Nicole Silva | Adrienne Smith | Jennifer Van Acker | Sarah Van Velsor |
| Jennifer R. Villarreal | Barrett Vitol | Karrie West | Jaime Young |
| Mamiche Young | |||
Retirees, we'll miss you
| Good luck in your new life | |||
| Susan Anderson | Marcia Areias | Nancy Bartels | Terri Belicha |
| Salvatore Berutca | Donna Brinkman-Jacobs | James Chadbourn | Jose Chavarria |
| Susan Clow | Patricia DeBoi | John Doane | Joan Dohrmann |
| Tamar Dolwig | Janice Edelmaier | Walt Elgin | Linda Espejo |
| Eileen Fuller | George Bryce | Patricia Golditch | Rick Grove |
| Alberto Guarino | Rosemary Guarino | Marcia Hand | Marcia Hashimoto |
| Roland Hedgpeth | Richard Hensley | Jean Hughes | Timothy Hughes |
| Mary Hurd | Judith Ikeda | Aphelia Ishimara | Charles Jarvis |
| Nancy Johnson | Ron Jones | Kazuyo Kaneko | Joan Kell |
| Margaret Kelly | Carolyn Kurger | Florence Lesar | Shirley Lopez |
| Ramiro Luna | Marlene Majewska | Mitzi Maxwell | Ellen Mellon |
| Suzanne Meyer | Rudolph Moberg | Carolyn Moscatel | John Moscatel |
| Catherine Murray | Kris Nardello | Sylvia Patience | Del Pezzoni |
| Ron Recota | Marian Rector | Senorina Reis | Pamela Smith |
| Stephen Smith | Sherril Smith-Scharf | Barbara Sonnenshine | Cheryl Soper |
| Colleen Stobbe | Jeanine Swanson | Frances Talamontes | Rugh Valdez |
| Russ Waidelich | Jill Walker | Beverly Wesley | Joanne Wilson |
| Ronald Wingard | |||
Conundrum
A car company can move its factories to Mexico and claim it's a free market.
A toy company can outsource to a Chinese subcontractor and claim it's a free market.
A major bank can incorporate in Bermuda to avoid taxes and claim it's a free market.
We can buy HP printers made in Mexico and shirts made in Bangaladesh.almost anything we want to buy made in many different countries.
BUT, heaven help the elderly who dare to buy their prescription drugs from a Canadian or Mexican pharmacy-that's called un-American, even though many of the drugs on the foreign markets originated in the United States.
So, does this suggest that the pharmaceutical companies have a very powerful lobby in Washington D.C.?
You can bet your gold-plated pill-box they do.
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Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers, AFT-CFT, AFL-CIO, Local 1936 publishes the PVFT Flyer Editor: Alanna Alter 801 C East Lake, Watsonville, California 95076 Office: (831) 722-2331 Voicemail: (831) 728.1936 Fax: (831) 722-3009 |