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The answer to this question is everyone, ok, maybe not everyone, maybe no one. However, all employees should be aware that district email is district property and as such is available to anyone who files a public records request with the school district. Newspapers and broadcast media regularly file requests for information. I don’t believe the district has the time or interest to monitor your daily email. However, if they have reason to believe an employee is using district email improperly they have the right to review your email. If a public records request is made the district has no choice but to turn over the information requested. If you have been reading the newspaper or watching the local news you are aware of the troubles of Spokane’s mayor over the use of his city owned computer.
District policy 6255AP says ,in part, the following regarding the use of district email:
Employees are subject to disciplinary action up to and including dismissal for the following inappropriate behaviors:
On a practical note, I do believe that district employees have been using mailboxes and email for personal use for years and will probably continue to do so. I doubt if the district is interested in disciplining someone for emailing their spouse to tell them what time they expect to be home for dinner or sending a happy birthday wish to a friend. I do believe however, that members should not use district email to send a message that would embarrass them and the district if it were to be published in the Spokesman Review. KR
WEINGARTEN RIGHTS
You have them.
Do you know what they are?
You have the right to union representation in a meeting with management about employee discipline if you ask for it.
In 1975, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a case called Weingarten that an employee has the right to union representation when the employee “reasonably believes the investigation will result in disciplinary action” and when the employee requests representation.
When does Weingarten apply?
When the employee has a reasonable basis to believe that discipline may result from the meeting. If a principal or supervisor wants to meet with you and you think that some form of discipline may result from what is discussed in that meeting, then you have the right to have representation from the Central Valley Education Association. This also applies if the meeting is in process and you believe it is becoming disciplinary. If the principal or supervisor states that no discipline will result from the meeting, then Weingarten does not apply. However by stating this, the employer has given up the right to discipline you as a result of the meeting.
When the meeting is not for a purpose listed as an exclusion from the Weingarten rule. Those exclusions are:
What do you do?
1. If you believe that a meeting with your principal or supervisor could result in discipline, then you should request representation from the Central Valley Education Association. If the administrator refuses to postpone the meeting or will not state that the meeting is not for disciplinary purposes, you should remind them of the Weingarten Rights as you understand them.
2. If they still refuse, then you need to ask the administrator if he/she is giving you a directive to meet without representation. If the answer is yes, go to the meeting. After the meeting, contact CVEA.
If the administrator does not give you a directive to attend the meeting, then state that you will reschedule when your CVEA Representative can attend and then call the Association.
WHAT IS WAC TIME?
“WAC time” refers to the 30 minutes before school begins and the 30 minutes after school ends that teachers are required to be in the building. WAC refers to Washington Administrative Code, which is a huge listing of all the rules and regulations that schools and school employees must follow.
Under the law, WAC time exists to ensure that parents and students can access teachers at designated times of the day. While this does not mean that teachers have to sit in their classrooms and wait just in case a student or parent drops in, it does mean that if a parent or student wants to schedule a meeting with a teacher, the teacher must be available to meet with them during those times.
Building Visitation Schedule
I plan to be in the following buildings during lunch to meet members and answer questions. kr
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