San Diego Instructor’s Council
2009-2010 School Year
October 14, 2009 Minutes
Corey Patton – President
619-618-4168
Vaughn Gladney – Vice President
858-353-6450
Anna Bleich – Secretary / Treasurer
858-449-0773
858-748-0010 ext 2037
Due to Corey’s prior commitment our meeting was called to order by Vaughn Gladney, Vice President, at 10:05 am. Corey will be presiding over the November meeting.
Vaughn welcomed everyone and recapped on the direction that our Instructors Council is heading for the year. He expressed his desire for our meetings in the next year to be beneficial and hopes we will all leave feeling like we learned something new.
Introductions were made and Vaughn welcomed the new members.
Instructors in attendance were;
Vaughn Gladney Brian Kenney Jeannette Ford
Catherine Reid Lisa Webber Linda Keyser
Robert Berkstresser Marcela Flores Richard Boorman
Greg Hanson Dorinda Garnett Betsy Owens
Terri Hanson Tom Vargas Cindy Martinez
Susie Reese Anita Fry Tracy Mangold
Diane Turner Nancy Good Kevin Wedemeyer
Larry Howie Sharon Carl Anna Bleich
Sergio Nevarez
Vaughn thanked Susie Reese for bringing the refreshments this month. He thankedCatherine Santos Reid for her presentation today. Her theme was “At the bus stop”, FLAVOR”.
Meeting minutes for September were approved.
Treasurer’s Report
The balance as of September 2009 is $14.50.
CDE Report - Anna Borges was not available by Tele conference. She will be seeing usin person at our meeting onNovember 18th.
CHP Report-Brian Kennedy had nothing to report other than the replacement CHP officer had been assigned. His name is David Siegel and he isnow attending the classes at Poway Unified. The instructors at Poway are looking forward to working with David in the coming years. He has been with the CHP for 12 years.
CASTO Report- Jeannette Ford started with the information from CASTO. The fallworkshop is scheduled for November 7, 2009.
Location is at Del Sur High School,
16601 Nighthawk Lane,
San Diego Ca. 92127 (4S Ranch area).
Drivers can receive 5 hours of T-01 credit. Registration includes Breakfast and Lunch.
There should be some interesting classes this year. However, speakers and classes are still not finalized as of yet. They are looking for opening speakers or Instructors who can teach a class. Do you know of a motivationalspeaker?
If interested, have questions or want information please call
Terri Ambrezewiez (858) 748-0010 ext 2055
Or Debbie Marchese-Smith (858) 748-0010 ext 2059
Registration for the fall workshop on-line at the new San DiegoChapter 3 CASTO web site. Pay on line using Pay Pal. Directions for the new school, Del Norte High School are on the web site and can also be found on the PowayUnifiedSchool Districtweb site, under Del Norte High school.
Sergio Nevarez arrived with handouts for the November workshop.
Included in the handouts were:
CASTO Membership Report
CASTO Chapter 3, Schedule of Events for 2009- 2010.
Chapter Meetings dates
State Board Meetings
Workshops
Chapter 3 Workshop,Saturday, November 7, 2009
Special Needs workshop, May 8th, 2010
Roadeo’s
Special Needs Roadeo: February 06, 2010
Chapter Roadeo: April 10, 2010
Southern State Roadeo: April 24, 2010
State Championship Roadeo: May 30, 2010
Copy of the California Department of Education 2009 Course Description.
OST Training Calendar.
CASTO Conference Information.
Jeannette said this years CASTO State Conference will be held in Monterey, Ca. March 13-15,2010. A link for information is on our CASTO web site. To receive an early-bird registration you must get it postmarked no later than February 12, 2010. You can get a discount at the Hotel. Remember to identify yourself as a CASTO member. A great program is being offered this year.
LegislativeCommitteeState Board Meeting bulletin, September 19, 2009
CASTO Member of the Year Awards
Sergio included theMember of the Year Policy and Procedures. Now is the time to submit a nomination for the special person you feel does an outstanding job. More information can be found on the California Association of School Transportation Official website. If you are interested or have questions call Sergio at 858-496-8729.
Sergio informed us “CASTOWAYS”needsof interesting stories. Articles are welcome from any member. Contact Sergio with any questions or to submit.
New Business-Vaughn brought up thecontinuation of the Instructors web site. It has been free site but now there would be a $4.95 monthly charge. We are looking for input from the instructors on what they think about maintaining the site and if we could pay for it out of the treasury.
Kevin informed us not many hits from instructors were recorded checking out the site. Last year the CASTO web site did have a link to the Instructors web site. It was asked if a page for the instructor’s information could be added on the CASTO web site. This is possible but it needs to be presented and approved at the CASTO meeting.
Most of Instructors present felt the information we get at Instructors council and atthe CASTO web site is sufficient. The e-mails we send out with the information in meeting minuets, and commutating among ourselves seem to keep everyone informed.
Susie Reese said what ismore important is having phone numbers of all the Instructors.
An instructor’s web site would need someone dedicated to keeping it updated and current. It will be discussed at our November meeting. Bring your ideas.
Susie asked if Steve had heard about the new Bill that increased the idling fine from $100 to $300 dollars. He said it has not gone into effect yet and the CDE will probably let us know. Usually, they go into effect Jan 1st or July 1st.
Good of the order- Renewal classes
La Mesa-Spring Valley starting Oct 19th thru Nov 2nd, Monday & Wednesdays, 5:00pm to 7:15pm.
Old Business– Susie Reese open with the discussion of placing a school bus stop in front of a driveway. Is it a safe practice? What is the law?
Diane Turner read Vehicle Code 22500. Parking is not allowed in front of a driveway. The exemption for school buses is in section (e) In front of a public or private driveway, except that a bus engaged as a common carrier, schoolbus, or a taxicab may stop to load or unload passengers when authorized by local authorities pursuant to an ordinance.
Sometimes on a busy, crowed street there is no other place to park except in a driveway. Parking is only permitted to load and unload students and should be a short time. Some districts have the curb painted red so their buses have a place to park when loading and unloading.
Susie let us know that she always teaches a new trainee to think about the safety of the students. Are you parking so that someone coming out of the driveway can see the red lights flashing? The safety of the children always is important to think about.
Presentation- was given by Catherine Santos-Reid from Chula Vista Elementary. Not only did she give us some ideas on adding FLAVOR to our in-services. She did a terrific job of getting volunteers for monthly presentations.
Thank you to all those that signed up.
November 18th, 2009- Nancy Good
December 9th , 2009-Terri Hanson
January 3rd, 2010- Anita Fry
February 10th, 2010- Robert Berkstresser
March 10th- Jeanette Ford
April 14th 2010- Sharon Carl
Nicely done Catherine.
Volunteer refreshments for next month- Vaughn Gladney
Raffle was conducted.
Meeting was adjourned.
Reminder ---Anna Borges will be at our next Meeting on November 18th.