Wright Tech - Our efforts to keep Wright Tech open as a 9-12 grade comprehensive technical high school continue. This week Rick was in contact with the Stamford Mayor's office and has a scheduled meeting on October 30th and is waiting to hear back from the superintendent of schools and heads of Stamford Chamber of Commerce. Plans include contacting the mayor of Norwalk. The leadership will also be meeting with Commissioner McQuillan on October 31, 2007 to discuss Wright THS. Congratulations to Wright THS for making Safe Harbor on the 2007 CAPT! The mandates of the No Child Left Behind Law (NCLB) require that a plan to restructure Wright THS must be formulated this year. Click Here for More Information.
Labor-Management - This year there are only four (4) Labor Management meetings: 10/12, 12/14, 2/8/08 & 5/9/08. The SVFT agenda items are reveiwed at the executive committee meeting and sent over to Central Office. Issues are summerized in the next month's newsletter and reported to the reps at the council meetings.
Health & Safety - The Health & Safety Committee will be at Norwich THS on November 19th.
Seniority List - The most current seniority list was sent to the SVFT office and reviewed by the officers. Discrepancies were sent to Linda Jakab and corrected. The list has been distributed to all reps at the October 10th council meeting. Please ask to see it, look it over carefully and contact Ed Lang if you discover an error.
Outreach - The SVFT has identified a need for our system to reach out to the people who are making labor decisions in Connecticut. SVFT President, Rick Tanasi and Vice President, Pat Keavney will begin this process by meeting with the Commissioner of Labor and CT AFL-CIO President, John Olson soon.
Relationship with Commissioner McQuillan:
A retreat is scheduled for October 31st with the Commissioner, union leadership, Superintendent Hughes and assistant superintendents.
The Commissioner will attend the January Exeuctive Council Meeting to address the reps and answer questions.
The Constitution and By-laws Committee met on Tuesday, October 16th at 4PM at Wilcox THS. Several proposed changes to the constitution are being drafted for review by the Executive Committee and Council. They will be presented at the November 15th General Membership Meeting.