Southern Tier Regional Office: Correspondence, 1990

History of Excellence In Teaching funds in Horseheads Central School District as it related to Horseheads School Services Association, May 9; memo to Jim Conti requesting speaker from PERB for Southern Tier Spring Conference of March 17; memo to Jim Conti re lack of usefulness to staff of monthly computer printouts re arbitrations, potential for great savings in discontinuing practice, November 14; policy statement adopted by NYSUT Board of Directors in 1974 re NYSUT locals and Landrum-Griffin Act; agenda for Southern Tier Regional Office (STRO) staff retreat of September 20-21; newspaper clippings re impact of teacher suspension for hitting students with ruler, questions of interpretation of rules on physical force and physical contact; memo form Jim Conti asking about stop/loss insurance, June 21; notes from negotiations session between Horseheads School Services Association and school district, June 4; memo to Jim Conti re Mt. Upton/Gilbertsville merger, June 6; memos re Webster Central School District case in Court of Appeals, re sub- contracting, May; memo from Corning-Painted Post school district re required training re recognizing and reporting child abuse, September 24; memo from Jim Conti re ineligibility for Social Security refund for teachers who had tax withheld while on sick leave, change in rules, statute of limitations, May 23; memo from Jim Conti noting that flexible spending accounts do not continue into retirement, May 22; memo to Jim Conti estimating an increase of 40 members, plus 40 new school-related personnel members with the addition of the Harpursville SRP local, in the Southern Tier Regional Office for 1990-91; memo re Horseheads Excellence In Teaching situation, May 10; 33-page document, "Union Organizing Update: The Employers Legal Response," January, with cover note to Jim Conti, "used by hospital management in Southern Tier," March 19; citation of court case, Rush-Henrietta Central School District v. Newman as chair of PERB, et al., re smoking regulations, with cover memo to Jim Conti, April 16; findings and recommendation of State Education Department hearing panel in 3020a charge against teacher in Charlotte Valley Central School District, February; citation of appeal of Lippman, et al. v. Board of Education of Sewanhaka Central High School District, et al., February; correspondence between Jim Conti and NYSUT field representative John Callahan discussing recent health care conference, reasons for rising health care costs, misguided cost containment proposals, February 2; question re ability to represent Cortland Nurses Association (registered nurses who had been released from the Cortland City School District CSEA bargaining unit and requested affiliation with NYSUT), January 11; memos re fee question for attorney presentation at Endicott Superintendent's Conference Day workshop, potential issue for NEA to exploit, January