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 The EA LOA passed 94% yes, 6% no. The ESP also passed 100% yes.

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  Good Evening, I just wanted to remind you of our General Membership Meeting Thursday October 8, 5:30-6:30.  We missed our general membership meeting in the spring and this is a chance to discuss our upcoming Letter of Agreement Ratification, introduce reps, answer questions regarding open enrollment for insurance, and possible board meeting attendance.  At this time, we feel the best way to do this is via zoom, here is the information: Kathryn Commeret is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: CPEEA General Membership Meeting Time: Oct 8, 2020 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 81269414258?pwd= ZXM0WnA0T2ZuNTFJbHI2eHBFdkM1dz 09 Meeting ID: 812 6941 4258 Passcode: pdN7Hr Also, I wanted to remind you that we will be ratifying our Letters of Agreement for Working Conditions during Covid.  This will happen on Monday October 12, in your buildings.  We will set up blind ballots (EA or ESP) and boxes in the following staff members

 Good Morning, There are several important dates coming up in October: *October 6 and 7 MESSA meetings with Renee Szurna check your school email. *General Membership meeting will be October 8 at 5:30, I will post a zoom link on the blog the day of *Ratification vote for both EA and ESP Letters of Agreement will be October 12 in buildings, look for communication from your building reps.

  Governing Body Meeting Minutes September 17, 2020  HS Media Center/Zoom 5:30-6:30 p.m. Members Present : Kathy Commeret, Tim Olson, Mandy Rodriquez, Sarah Weber, Gina McCambridge, Sarah Anderson, Lisa Czypera, Amanda Hite, Judy Humphreys, & Deb Stuart. Meeting called to order at 5:39 p.m. Approved minutes from February & today’s agenda. President’s report:    LOA Signed a letter of agreement re: changes in working conditions that differ from the contract (all over Kent county issues related to pandemic are contentious; districts & unions in conflict, so we are fortunate to have an agreeable working relationship with CPPS administration).  From the union’s perspective the huge win from the LOA-- district conceded that employees who become ill with COVID and cannot work remotely will NOT be docked from their sick bank.  LOA will be posted on our newsletter - refer all questions to Kathy. New Positions Linda Mohney, building rep from Greenridge; she will also represent itine

  LETTER OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN  Comstock Park Public Schools (CPPS)  AND  Comstock Park Educational Employees  Association (CPESP)  COVID 19 PREPAREDNESS AND  RESPONSE PLAN  In response to Michigan Executive Order 142 requiring all school districts to prepare three Preparedness Response Plans (PRP) informed by the Michigan Return to Learn Roadmap in conjunction with any unionized employee groups, the following agreement is set forth to amend the conditions of employment for bargaining unit members of the Comstock Park Educational Support Professional Employees (CPESP)  We agree that the physical health and well-being of students, families, and employees should be the first priority of the Comstock Park Public Schools Preparedness Response plans, and to that end:  Conditions for In-Person Learning:  A. All staff and students, unless proven medically unable by medical documentation, shall wear facial coverings, as described by the Michigan Safe Schools Roadmap, in Phases 4 and 5 of the Mi

  LETTER OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN Comstock Park Public Schools (CPPS) AND Comstock Park Educational Employees Association (CPEEA) COVID 19 PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE PLAN  In response to Michigan Executive Order 142 requiring all school districts to prepare three Preparedness Response Plans (PRP) informed by the Michigan Return to Learn Roadmap in conjunction with any unionized employee groups, the following agreement is set forth to amend the conditions of employment for bargaining unit members of the Comstock Park Educational Employees (CPEEA)  We agree that the physical health and well-being of students, families, and employees should be the first priority of the Comstock Park Public Schools Preparedness Response plans, and to that end:  Conditions for In-Person Learning:  A. All staff and students, unless proven medically unable by medical documentation, shall wear facial coverings, as described by the Michigan Safe Schools Roadmap, in Phases 4 and 5 of the Michigan Safe Start Plan. The

 Good Morning, Time for an update! I hope all of you are surviving this odd return to school.  I know personally, I can't remember when I have been this tired or stressed.  Hopefully, this weekend you can pause and take time away from school to take care of yourself and your families!   There are some issues/events coming up that we would like you to be aware of.  First of all, MESSA (Insurance) open enrollment is in November, please access your MESSA account through the portal to review your plan.  We are adding a new plan and I will post that overview here.  Renee Szurna who is our MESSA rep will be doing informational meetings on that new plan and answering questions on October 6 and 7 at 4:30.  When those dates get closer I will send out those links. You can also ask me questions, I would be happy to help! I intend to send this information on insurance to  personal and cppschools emails since insurance information and meetings are for everyone even if they are not a member. On

EA Passed 50 yes, 1 no or 98% yes and 2% no. ESP Passed 9 yes, 0 no or 100% 

 Contract Ratification for both EA and ESP will be Tuesday August 25 3-4:30 in the High School Media Center.  Members in good standing may vote.  Please wear a mask and practice social distancing.  Remember Q and A for the contract is today at 2:00 via zoom, see the earlier post for the link.

  Support Staff      2020/2021  Bargaining Summary Art. 1A           Removed “Copy Machine Operator” from recognition clause. Art. 8A           A Supervisor must advise an employee prior to any disciplinary conference Art. 8I           Any student/parent complaint will be called to the employees attention within 5 days Art. 14A2 Clarified Immediate Family Art. 14D2 Clarified Immediate Family Art. 14EI           Early Retirement/Separation announcement, changed date to by March 1st and dropped the  late $100 and added four weeks to rescind Art. 15E11 Pre-Trip/Post-Trip and additional cleaning, added a letter of agreement for additional interior  cleaning may be written Art.19B3           Deleted expired Discretionary days Art. 22 Clarified fringe benefits and contributions Art 22 Updated deductible’s, discontinued PAK E effective 12-31-2020 and replaced with MESSA Essentials, for a less expensive Health Insurance option effective 1-1-21 Appendix A Add a 3% incr

 Good Afternoon, We will have a virtual Question and Answer time for the EA contract Monday August 24 at 2:00 pm.   Kathryn Commeret is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: CPEEA EA Contract Q and A Time: Aug 24, 2020 02:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85329456548?pwd=YVpwdXZucWpYdDhSWm1YTitxS0EyZz09 Meeting ID: 853 2945 6548 Passcode: N5491F Ratification for both contracts EA and ESP will occur Tuesday after our PD....since we don't have details for that yet we will be giving the details Monday.  It does have to be in person but we want to make it safe.