Elmsford Regional Office Correspondence, 1990

Memo to Jim Conti re fee dispute with arbitrator over postponement of hearing for Mt. Pleasant case, November 20; notice and meeting agenda to local presidents in the Putnam/ Northern Westchester Health Consortium, with attachments; newspaper clipping about a business teacher at Sleepy Hollow High School who had been suspended without pay for three months after admitting to disclosing questions on final exam to students, in return for other unspecified charges being dropped, November 28; memo from Jim Conti asking whether anyone at the State Education Department would be sympathetic to raising low salaries at Special Act and 4201 Schools, noting latest appeal (attached) re Hallen Center for funding assistance with health insurance program, February-March; related memos, April; letter to corporate vice president of Blue Cross/Blue Shield from NYSUT regional director Robert Klein, accepting invitation to serve as member of the Westchester/ Rockland Regional Subscriber Advisory Council, November 30; memo re plans for Rockland County Teachers Association workshop, November 20; materials re Westchester Education Coalition, Inc., with memos to and from Jim Conti discussing questionable suggestions for school reform in teacher education programs, list of Board of Directors showing predominantly business representation, December 14; confidential letter to Jim Wood, executive director of NYSUT, from Robert Klein, regional staff director, expressing concern over expansion of time devoted by a field representative to welfare funds, November 19; materials re state aid and retirement contributions in Nanuet, September; NewsLetter from Martin E. Segal Company, Consultants and Actuaries, "Managing Postretirement Health Benefits for Multiemployer Plans," May; extensive correspondence re Rockland Community College Federation of Teachers, including letter from Eugene Cameron, president of federation, with attached letter from members acting on their own on behalf of the union, assertion by Cameron of need to correct the situation, July 24; request from AFT secretary-treasurer to Cameron, president of Rockland Community College Federation of Teachers, to provide written answers to charges brought against him for possible investigation, July 20, with attached list of allegations, including illegal election procedures, attempts to expel paraprofessionals from bargaining unit, refusal to process new member applications, and more; meeting notices and related correspondence, February 5, February 7, February 14, May 3, May 11, 1990, and November-December 1989; monograph by Westchester teacher Robert Liftig, How to Win against Harassment, with cover letter from NYSUT regional Field Director Robert Klein to Jim Wood, director of Field Services, noting that Klein did not give Liftig names or addresses of any local presidents but did supply names of school districts, noting inflammatory content, March 12; Yonkers Public Schools Teachers' Contract Analysis: 1988-89 Teachers' Salary Schedule; letter from North Rockland Teachers Association president, praising field representative Ed Corcoran for help in negotiations, May 21; correspondence re Nanuet teacher Terry McFadden, suspended without pay, which was then reduced, question of back pay owed, April-May; memo re Excellence In Teaching agreement at Port Jervis school district, March-April; federal confidentiality regulations re substance abuse counseling programs, with cover memo referencing Pine Bush counselor, March 15; formal request by regional staff director Robert Klein to NYSUT secretary-treasurer for the Board of Directors to bring the Organization of Pius XII Employees, a group of ten school-related personnel, into conformance with dues requirements, noting poor administrative management of local, March 14; list of NYSUT-affiliated Special Act schools, March 15; materials re long-term teacher at Goshen school district, removed as chief grader and then fined $10,000 for speaking publicly about grade inflation, accusing administration of more concern about bad publicity than identifying students who need remedial help, letter of support from parents, newspaper clippings, March