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DAILY UPDATE #18 --
4/8/2020
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AASD OFFICE CLOSURE
AASD will be sending out
a Daily Update,
Monday-Friday, throughout the
school closure period. The
Weekly Update
will continue as usual on
Thursdays with the typical news
and information for AASD
members. The AASD Office will
remain closed during the
period of time the
schools/district
are closed. AASD
staff will be working remotely
and can be reached at the
contact information at the end
of this Update.
AASD has created a Google Form
for AASD Members to report
issues, questions or concerns
regarding work-related issues
and the COVID-19 virus.
Any issues, questions or
concerns submitted via the
Google form will be shared daily
with the District. AASD
will then share the answers to
issues, questions or concerns
submitted as those answers are
received from the
district.
The link to share
issues/questions/concerns
is:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVSsqBQSHboCdgqbnpaucUY--DHKjosG8MAmRuCxawzB4blg/viewform?usp=sf_link
Please do not share this link
outside of AASD membership
(classified and certificated
management/supervisors).
The link will be active until
this crisis is over.
PLEASE CHECK THE DISTRICT’S
WEBSITE TO ENSURE YOUR
ISSUE/QUESTION/ CONCERN HAS NOT
ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED
THERE.
NOTE: All previous
AASD Daily Updates and
Weekly Updates are located
on the AASD Website www.aasdcs.org if you need to refer back
to them for
information.
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Q and A (Wednesday, April
8, 2020) (Questions were submitted by
AASD members; the answers are
from the
District. AASD
publishes the answers as they
are received from the
District.)
Q – Where can we get a
running total of all
questions and answers?
A – (Answer provided by AASD)
There is no running document
of all questions and
answers. All of the
previous Daily Updates are
published on the AASD website
www.aasdcs.org
under "News" and the questions
and answers are published
daily.
Q -- After the fiscal
year is over will we
continue to receive our
monthly pay?
A – (Answer provided by
AASD) Presumably
so. However, any
negotiated agreement expires
on June 30, 2020 or whenever
the school closures end,
whichever is sooner. We
are sorry for the ambiguous
answer but at this time, that
is the answer we can give.
Q -- I am getting asked
about taking vacation
during the school
closures. Why
would I take vacation?
A – (Answer provided by
AASD) If any AASD member
is being asked by their
supervisor to take vacation,
unless there is some reason
they would want to take
vacation and not be available
to work remotely or be
assigned to a physical site,
they should immediately
contact the AASD Executive
Director for assistance.
Q -- Will PPI days be
lost if not used? Can a
temporary increase in the
amount used be negotiated?
A – (Answer provided by
AASD) AASD is in the
process of negotiating impacts
and effects of the school
closures. This is part
of our negotiations.
Once an agreement is reached,
we will share the information
with our members.
Q -- If I start my day
from home and then need to
leave my home for personal
reasons, do I need to
submit personal business,
personal necessity, or
sick leave for a partial
day?
A – (Answer provided by
AASD). It
depends. If you are a
certificated employee, the
answer is NO. You have
language in your contract
that covers partial day
absence. If you are
not available for a portion
of your day, then a
notification is made to your
supervisor that you are not
available to work remotely
and you are taking partial
day absence leave which is
not charged to any
particular type of
leave. If you are a
classified manager or a
classified supervisor and
are exempt (not eligible for
overtime at time and a half
or only eligible for
straight time overtime –
denoted in the contract by
no asterisk or a single
asterisk next to job title)
you have language in your
contract that covers partial
day absence. If you
are not available for a
portion of your day, then a
notification is made to your
supervisor that you are not
available to work remotely
and you are taking partial
day absence leave which is
not charged to any
particular type of
leave. If you are a
classified supervisor who is
non-exempt (eligible for
overtime at the time and a
half rate of pay),
and if you are not
available for a portion of
any day where you are
assigned remote work or
physically required to
report to work, then you
would need to take an
appropriate leave for the
portion of the day you are
unable to work your assigned
work.
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AASD BARGAINING
AASD is currently in the
process of bargaining impacts
and effects of the school
closures due to
COVID-19. As soon as an
agreement is reached, we will
share it with all
members.
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SPECIAL GRATITUDE
AASD thanks executive leaders
Jessica Falk-Michelli
(Labor Relations) and
Acacia Thede (Human
Resources)
for being available when
needed and for responding to
AASD inquiries/concerns in a
timely manner. Your
support is appreciated!
Alexis Conerty, Principal,
Florence Elementary thanks the
AASD Crew (Donis Coronel,
Linda Crout-Hamel and Jim
Costello)
for providing a venue for AASD
members to ask questions and
for being available to
members, and states that the
Daily Update is very
helpful.
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DISTRICT
COMMUNICATIONS
Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) with CSEA for the OTBS,
OSS and PARA units.
Please see attached MOU.
The following communications
were sent to Principals on
April 7. Please
understand that some of the
links are not accessible to
those without specific
permissions to view the Google
doc.
ACTION TEAM LEADERS
You are not alone as you
launch Distance Learning for
your school site and we are
willing to roll up our
sleeves to help you. We
recognize that this is an
enormous task and in order
to be successful, we have
developed a strong
system of communication and
a network of support. We
have designed a streamlined
process in which a team of
district administrators
referred to as Action Team
Leaders (ATLs) will check in
with you daily to
hear your concerns, help you
resolve them and elevate
them to the Executive Team
when necessary. They will
also collect and share best
practices from the field to
build our collective
capacity. It’s our goal that
all educators and all
students have a device and
connectivity to participate
in Distance Learning. ATLs
are ready to help you
accomplish this goal. We are
all here to support you and
we are dedicated to learning
from and with you.
ACCESS TO SITES
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There have been questions
regarding Staff Access to
sites as written in the MOU
with SDEA that allows staff
access to sites for at least
1 hour a month with a weeks
notice to collect any needed
materials.
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The process for “Access” is
being developed centrally
and will be sent to you
later this week and follow a
similar process we used on
March 27th with a few
updates.
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These “Access” dates will
be determined centrally for
the entire district.
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Schools should NOT design
access dates
individually.
PRINCIPAL COMMUNICATION
ON SENSITIVE ISSUES
As we launch Distance
Learning it will be critical
for principals to stay
abreast of any issues that
come up, specifically
related to parent concerns
regarding their child’s
experience with Distance
Learning. We ask that
principals continue to
monitor your emails daily
and personally reach out to
parents who have concerns.
We recommend that you first
try to contact the parent by
phone.
DEVICE DISTRIBUTION
Please send out a
communication to your
families reminding them of
their device pick-up day two
days in advance of their
scheduled day.
HIGH SCHOOL UPDATES
Important updates for the
Class of 2020, Athletics,
and Student Activities can
be found on the new HS
Guidelines & Procedures
During School Closures link
(accessible to
Principals). This
document will be updated
regularly.
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DISTRICT WEBSITE
For your convenience, the
District has created a list of
Frequently
Asked Questions. To
access that list, click the
link https://sites.google.com/sandi.net/covid19/staff-info
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AASD CONTACT
INFORMATION DURING THE DISTRICT CLOSURE
Executive Director, Donis
Coronel -- donis@aasdcs.org
619-813-8792
Office Manager, Linda
Crout-Hamel -- linda@aasdcs.org
619-861-2701
Office Clerk, Jim Costello
-- jim@aasdcs.org
Please keep informed via the
District’s website www.sandi.net,
Daily Updates from AASD
and via the AASD Website
www.aasdcs.org.
Contacts
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