Albany Regional Office Correspondence, 1988-1989

Flyer and cover memo from Jim Conti re pesticide hazard workshop, December 14, 1989; material distributed at PERB workshop on unit fragmentation, with cover memo from Jim Conti, September 27, 1989; letter from Jim Conti to the director of the NYS Department of Labor Division of Health and Safety, requesting an investigation into letters of reprimand by the superintendent of the Mechanicville School District against two teachers who brought evidence of asbestos to his attention, December 5, 1989; correspondence re proposed smoking policy at Guilderland school district, September-October 1989; correspondence between Jim Conti, regional staff director John Sole, and the State Education Department re meeting to review asbestos and other health and safety hazards in schools, May 1989; agenda for Germantown Teachers Association meeting, with cover memo from Jim Conti noting that they had vote to reaffiliate with NYSUT, May 1, 1989; NYSUT Information Bulletin, "Certification, Tenure and a Middle School Teaching Assignment," with detailed commentary from John Sole to Charles Santelli and attached copy of legal decision (Baer) and Part 30 Regulations, May 4, 1989; correspondence re multi-employer funds for nurses, March-April 1989; correspondence re PERB public sector labor relations conference, March 1989; request for legal opinion re disparity in work rules between elementary and secondary schools in Mechanicville district, March 10, 1989; memos between John Sole and Jim Conti re asbestos removal in the schools, March 1989; memos re Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988, noting that school districts in Albany region had attempted to impose additional conditions of employment in compliance with the act and that such changes required negotiation, with attached text of legislation and one such policy, March 1989; National Education Association document, "The Use of Recognized Teaching Models for Teacher Evaluation," and memos between Jim Conti and other NYSUT officials discussing NYSUT approach, March 1989; memos re endowment for the care of an active or retired teacher in the Troy school district at Leonard Hospital, set up in a will in 1925; Southern Adirondack League of Teachers spreadsheet of local stipends for officers; correspondence re Schenectady-Albany-Schoharie BOCES Faculty Association request re feasibility of challenging the composition of BOCES so that low-population rural counties do not have disproportionate influence over policy making, with attached documentation dating to 1953; inquiry form La Salle School re legislation to improve salaries at approved 201, 853, 4402, and Special Act schools, January 15, 1989