Wright Tech- SVFT President Rick Tanasi and SVFT Vice-President Pat Keavney will meet with Dr. David Levinson, President of Norwalk Community College on Thursday, May 1 to discuss details of the restructuring plan which was presented to the C-T subcommittee on April 9 and will be presented to the full State Board of Education at their May 7meeting. The SVFT, along with the AFT and the AFT-CT, favors the Commpact School process for the reconfiguration.
General Membership Meeting- Will be held on Thursday, May 15 at 6:30 P.M. at Wilcox Tech. Refreshments will be served. Please come.
School Visits - Continue this week with a scheduled visit to Grasso on Monday, Vinal on Tuesday and Cheney on Thursday. Building representatives are being asked to schedule a union meeting on the day of the visit. The SVFT officers will arrive in each building on or close to 1:00 p.m. and visit with teachers who may be free and have individual issues to discuss. At the close of school the officers will attend a union meeting in each school. Some schools have had to cancel due to scheduling conflicts within the buildings. Those meetings will be rescheduled for June.
Scholarship Applications Available -The applications for the nine (9) students and the teacher grant(s) are available on the SVFT web site. Deadline for completed applications is May 15, 2008. The Scholarship Committee is scheduled to meet on May 20 to review all applications and select the winners.
Political Action Committee- Many legislative changes have impacted the process for P.A.C. donations. Teri Merisotis, AFT Legislative Liaison, will be working with our political action committee to implement the changes and begin the process for the fall, 2008 election. The committee is scheduled to meet on May 8 at 4:00 at the SVFT office.
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY SEVEN WEEKS OF SCHOOL LEFT THE YEAR IS FLYING BY. MAKE THOSE LAST WEEKS ENJOYABLE FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR STUDENTS!