Reopening and CBA Update

Thank you for responding quickly to our survey about returning to campus!  Your responses allowed us to propose to reopen all campuses on a voluntary basis on March 31st.    Today, we met with Summit leadership, and Unite Summit brought an alternate proposal that would allow us to reopen schools quickly but give us timeContinue reading “Reopening and CBA Update”

Virtual School Agreement Reached!

Virtual School Agreement Reached! Today, we signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Summit for virtual school. This MOU will be in effect through the end of the school year.  Highlights Reduction in projects and power focus areas. English, history, Science and Spanish teachers are expected to teach a reduced number of projects, with oneContinue reading “Virtual School Agreement Reached!”

Bargaining Update #16

In this newsletter: Virtual School Negotiations Update Summit’s proposal still in development Contract Negotiations Update SPS management continues to push for teachers to work through June as at-will employees with no additional compensation SPS Board Meeting Recap New person appointed to SPS Board Legal Update EL Survey Reminder Virtual School Negotiations Update Friday 12/11, weContinue reading “Bargaining Update #16”

Bargaining Update #11 and #12

10/19/2020 Bargaining UpdateOn 10/7 and 10/14, Unite Summit met with Summit management to bargain our overall union contract.  Here’s a short summary of those bargaining sessions. Increasing Classroom Support for StudentsOn the very first day of bargaining, back in March, we presented our Support Services proposal that would provide our students — particularly English LearnersContinue reading “Bargaining Update #11 and #12”

Bargaining Update #10

Check out this week’s video update! In this newsletter: Update on the unfreezing of pay and retro pay  Summary of our bargaining session with Summit Information on virtual school negotiations Pay Unfrozen! At Monday’s meeting, the SPS Board approved restoration of our salaries, along with full retroactive pay. This is huge.  This is a resultContinue reading “Bargaining Update #10”

Our Third Bargaining Session

Unite Summit and the SPS bargaining team held their third contract negotiation meeting today.  As part of the meeting, Unite Summit continued to advocate for a counter proposal from SPS regarding our position on the calendar and schedule for the 2020-2021 school year. Here is the formatted proposal and proposed calendar from Unite Summit. TodayContinue reading “Our Third Bargaining Session”

Our Second Bargaining Session

Unite Summit and the SPS bargaining team held their second contract negotiation meeting today. We are still collecting perspectives through our input survey at tinyurl.com/USMarchSurvey, so please fill that out if you haven’t yet! As part of the meeting, Unite Summit sought a counter proposal from SPS regarding our position on the calendar and scheduleContinue reading “Our Second Bargaining Session”