President's Memo

Shelley Page, President                                                                                                                                                      

May 20, 2010

1. Staffing / Final ARC decision (job postings at ECVI) - The Board of Trustees of the Durham District School Board passed a motion to accept the final recommendation of the East Oshawa Accommodation Review Committee, confirming the initial decision to close Donevan C.V.I. and realign the boundaries in east Oshawa, resulting in the transfer of the majority of Donevan students to Eastdale C.V.I. for September, 2010. The staffing consequences of this decision will mean that approximately 20 job postings will be released to the system this week. In conjunction with this development, 34 secondary teachers were declared redundant to the staffing needs of the Durham District School Board. A meeting for these teachers, conducted jointly by District 13 and the DDSB, will take place on May 27^th. Both the union and the employer fully expect the number of surplus teachers to be drastically reduced by the time displacement (bumping) is required, so that only a handful of our members will be directly affected. Both OSSTF and the DDSB will be fully engaged in placing these teachers until that eventuality is achieved.

2. District 13 Annual Meeting Election Results - The annual meeting, held last Thursday, May 6^th confirmed District 13's well-placed trust in its leadership. The following are your elected leaders for 2010-2011:

President - Alison Wallace

1^st Vice President - Paul Wayling

2^nd Vice President - Nicole Bléau

3^rd Vice President - Ryan Kelly

4^th Vice President - Rose-Erin Smith

Provincial Councillors - Alison Wallace and Dave Barrowclough

Secretary - Rob Walker

Treasurer - Cristal Diemer-Ewles

District 13's Annual Meeting of Provincial Assembly delegates were also elected. They will share the joy of four days in a hotel in downtown Toronto in March 2011.

3. Chief Negotiator Hired - With the election of our current Chief Negotiator, Alison Wallace to the position of President, Dave Barrowclough, former District Vice President, and for the past two years, a valued Executive Officer, was hired into the position of Chief Negotiator. District 13 will be well served by Dave’s expertise, work ethic and willing spirit.

4. Posting for Executive Officer - Due to staffing changes in the District Office, a vacancy has been created in the District Office for an Executive Officer. A job posting has been distributed to each school containing details regarding the necessary qualifications and application requirements for the information of our members.

5. Deadline for Retroactive Salary Adjustments - Article 7.02 of our collective agreement stipulates that the DDSB will adjust salary retroactive to February 1^st for upgrading completed before January 31^st providing that notification, with supporting evidence, is submitted to the DDSB prior to May 31^st.

6. District 13 Website - The District 13 website, re-vamped and newly formatted, is available at www.district13.on.ca. It contains a wealth of useful information about leaves, retirement, District functions and helpful services.

From the February 2nd Memo: 

SECONDARY FLOW CHART TRANSFER AND REDUNDANCY For the 2010/2011 School Year