Phillipsburg Education Association

Executive Committee Meeting
November 8, 2005
in home ec room (D3) of PMS


The meeting was called to order by President Barbara Alderfer at 3:30 p.m..

Roll Call
Officers
President
Barbara Alderfer
Present
Vice-President
Deb Carty
Present
Treasurer
Nadine Anderson
Present
Recording Secretary
Charles Nowalk
Present
Corresponding Secretary
Marilyn Shober
Excused Absence
Building Reps

Andover-Morris
Joan Ricker
P

Middle School
Kelly Franco
A
Andover-Morris
Craig Stull
Ex

Middle School
Heather Hendrix
P
Barber
Marilyn Shober
Ex

Middle School
Rick Rissmiller
P
Custodians

Middle School
Roseann Rohm
Ex
Early Childhood
Linda Fowler
P

Middle School
Nancy Zgoda
A
Early Childhood
Linda Mannix
P

Paraprofessionals
Joanne Pizzino
P
Freeman
Deb Carty
P

Paraprofessionals
Matty Pokrivchak
P
Freeman
Brenda Shields
P

Paraprofessionals
Elaine Strahle
P
Green St.
Karen Bodine
P

PASS
Barbara Heisler
A
Green St.
Linda Fowler
P

Pohatcong
Joanne Pizzino
P
Green St.
Joe Lissi
P

Secretaries
Bonnie Vasvari
A
High School
Sue Brooks
P

Security
John Hann
A
High School
Charles Nowalk
P

Shimer
Linda Mannix
P
High School
Bonnie Vasvari
A

Special Services
Nadine Anderson
P
Middle School
Barbara Alderfer
P

Special Guests: Pam Niles, UniServ Rep & Matt Schenk, PMS Jr. AR.

Secretary's Report: Motion to accept the minutes of the Oct. 11, 2005 meeting was made. Passed unanimously.

PR Report: Kelly Franco has resigned as chairperson of the PR committee. Barb asked for more volunteers to work on this committee and made a special request to the high school members to consider joining the Board's PR committee to save the new high school

Scholarship Report: Joan Ricker announced that $855 has been collected via our recent fund drive to date.

Ed Council: Chuck Nowalk reported on the last Ed Council meeting. It was noted that all parts of the school district need to be represented at these meetings. It was also noted that reps should consult with Barb before presenting gripes or petitions to the Council so that she can act as a clearinghouse for all our needs.

At this point in our deliberations, we broke for approximately 10 minutes for pizza.

UniServ Rep: Pam Niles spoke to the Executive Committee on a variety of topics.

Committee Reports:

  1. BATS:
    1. Joe Lissi reported to the committee about his attendance at the last board meeting.
  2. WCEA:
    1. Sue Brooks noted that there is still space on the Convetion bus. It leaves the high school at 6 a.m. on Thurs., Nov. 10. Show up for a free ride to the NJEA Convention.
  3. Health & Safety:
    1. Barb is still looking for volunteers for this committee.
  4. Grievance:
    1. No report.
  5. Negotiations:
    1. Secretaries should have recieved a copy of the 2005-08 contract.
    2. Custodians/maintenance personnel should have recieved a copy of the 2005-08 contract.
    3. Chuck noted that electronic versions of these contracts will be available on the PEA website soon.
    4. Barb asked teachers to please return the surveys ASAP.
    5. Barb noted that the first meeting with the board over teachers' negotiations is Nov. 29.
  6. Social:
    1. Deb Carty announced a 'Stress Management' Workshop would be held at Flynn's on Jan. 25, 2006.
    2. No SOS meetings in December or January.

Treasurer's Report: Nadine presented the monthly treasurer's report.

Old Business: none

New Business: none

Building concerns: none

 
Schedule of President's '10 Minute' Meetings
Date
School
Time
Wed - Nov. 9
Freeman
7:35
Wed - Nov. 16
PMS
7:15
Mon - Nov. 21
Special Services
7:15
Mon - Nov. 21
Board Office
7:45
Tues - Nov. 22
PHS
7:10
Wed - Nov. 30
Field House
6:45
Wed - Nov. 30
PASS
7:20
Tues - Dec. 6
Armory
7:15
Wed. - Dec. 7
Pohat
7:45
Thur - Dec. 8
Shimer
7:45
Fri - Dec. 9
Green St - EC
7:10
Fri - Dec. 9
Green St. - Elem
7:25
Mon - Dec. 12
Freeman
7:35
Tues - Dec 13
PEA Exec. Meeting
3:30
Wed. - Dec. 14
Barber
7:35
Thur - Dec. 15
Andover-Morris
7:25
Fri - Dec. 16
PMS
7:15
Mon - Dec. 19
Field House
6:45
Mon - Dec. 19
PASS
7:20
Tues - Dec. 20
PHS
7:10
Wed - Dec. 21
Special Services
7:15
Wed - Dec. 21
Board Office
7:45

Motion to adjourn was made at 5:30 p.m.. Passed unanimously.

Next meeting December 13, 2005.

Respectfully submitted,

Chuck Nowalk, Secretary

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