HCTA Reporter - August 2009

Affiliated with FEA, NEA, AFT, AFL-CIO
REPORTER
An official Publication of the Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association
Representing Teachers and Educational Support Professionals
Volume 44, Number 1
August 2009
SPECIAL EDITION
An Abbreviated History of the Classroom Teachers Association
As Remembered by Yvonne Lyons, Executive Director
A
Yvonne Lyons
Executive Director
s I prepare for my own retirement
this summer, I’ve tried to think of a
fitting way to say good-bye to all the
friends and colleagues I’ve met along the way.
Several people have suggested that I share some
of the history of CTA that has been, in effect,
my history, as well. First, however, I want
to take this opportunity to thank those who
have given me support throughout my career
and to especially thank the loyal opposition
whose alternative perspectives and opinions
have many times led to finding solutions by
providing an opportunity for open and honest
discussion. Join me while I think back…
I began my teaching career with my
internship at Cahoon Elementary in the fall
of 1965. Earlier that year in January, the
Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association
(CTA), founded in 1921, broke away from the
Hillsborough County Education Association
(HCEA), an organization comprised of
teachers and administrators. CTA had been
the committee within HCEA and the Florida
Education Association (FEA) representing
teacher concerns.
Not everyone approved of the “break
up,” and there were teachers who stayed with
HCEA. For the next two years, CTA worked to
gain additional membership and recognition as
the sole organization representing teachers.
At the state level, the FEA was lobbying
and trying to get the governor and legislature
to take action to focus on education and to
remedy the horrible plight of Florida’s schools.
The buildings were falling apart, supplies were
almost non-existent, and textbooks were so out
of date that children had difficulty relating to
the text or the pictures in terms of accuracy. As
far as they knew, Dwight D. Eisenhower was
still President of the United States.
On June 9, a mere two months before I
reported to Cahoon, teachers in Hillsborough
voted to impose sanctions which included what
we would call “working to the rule.” Sanctions
included not participating in non-compensated
activities such as club sponsorships, fund
raising events, collection of monies, after
hour field trips, etc. The National Education
Association (NEA) voted to support the
Hillsborough decision. Those of us entering
the profession were advised to follow our
supervising teacher’s lead, which in my case
meant working to the rule.
CTA leased space for offices on South
Dale Mabry, hired a secretary, purchased a
mimeograph machine and retained the law
firm of Brown, Dixon and Shearer. There
was no Collective Bargaining Law in Florida
during this time, but the School Board signed
a “Professional Affairs Agreement” as a result
of meeting with HCEA and CTA on policy and
procedures. It was also during this year that
CTA voted to endorse Braulio Alonso, Principal
at King High School, for NEA President. Who
would have guessed at the time that Alonso
High School would be named in his honor?
A year later, in the fall of 1966, beginning
teachers’ salaries rose to $4,700 per year, a
$300 increase from the previous year. Once
per month the principal distributed paychecks
individually, and those 5-week months were
painful, to say the least.
Early in 1967, that same school year,
CTA moved its offices to the Exchange Bank
Building in downtown Tampa and voted to
admit guidance counselors to the organization.
Conditions in Florida schools worsened
and Florida teachers voted to impose sanctions
statewide in May 1967. FEA censured
CTA members rally together to lobby to improve education. In this rally,
members oppose cuts in funding for education.
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Governor Claude Kirk and circulated notices
nationally that Florida was an unsatisfactory
place to render public school service.
On August 24, 1967, thirty-five thousand
FEA members converged on the Tangerine
Bowl in Orlando to prepare for statewide
resignations. Teachers were asked to sign
resignations and turn them over to their
association leaders.
In December of that year, CTA’s teachers
merged with the teachers of HCEA, uniting
all of Hillsborough’s teachers under one
organization. Hillsborough Association of
School Administrators (HASA) was formed to
represent administrators.
In February 1968, about half of Florida’s
teachers and administrators walked out of
their classrooms and offices in protest of the
deplorable conditions of Florida’s schools
and lack of funding for salary and benefits.
We turned in resignations in one of the most
courageous steps teachers and administrators
have ever taken for their schools and
communities, an act that did not have overall
community support or understanding, and one
that left hard feelings for many years to come.
On March 8, FEA called an end to the
strike, one day after the bill that became law
passed in a special session of the legislature to
infuse about $2000 into every classroom in the
state. As a slap on the hand, CTA lost its right
to have payroll deductions for membership.
After the walkout, and after most teachers
and administrators had been rehired, the
beginning salary for Hillsborough teachers rose
to $6000 for the 1968-69 school year.
Glenn Barrington, the newly elected
President of CTA, became the first releasetime president through an agreement with the
School Board. CTA discontinued the practice
of representing non-members, and the Board
reinstated payroll deduction.
Hillsborough’s legislative delegation agreed
to introduce and support a bill which would
“Empower the School Board to recognize
and negotiate with the organization which
represents a majority of Hillsborough’s
classroom teachers” – the CTA. The bill
passed, and Hillsborough became the
only district in the state with professional
Glenn Barrington, CTA President,
meets with George Fischer, NEA
President in 1968-69. Barrington
went on to become Chairman of the
Hillsborough School Board, and
the new Barrington Middle School
is named in his honor.
negotiations by law.
In September,
the State Supreme
Court upheld public
employees’ right to
engage in collective
bargaining and
directed the legislature
to start writing
statewide bargaining
laws. They also
reaffirmed that public
employees do not have
the right to strike.
In October of
1969, the School
Board approved a CTA
benefits package to
include life insurance Yvonne Lyons, serving as committee chair, led CTA
and health insurance
in organizing a March for Money on March 15, 1980.
free to employees.
Parents and students demonstrate their support.
The Board agreed
to pay $9.69 per
removed the cap on the number of sick days
employee per month for these benefits.
a teacher could accumulate and be paid for
In November, CTA asked the School
at retirement. The PREP law was passed to
Board for exclusive recognition as the only
improve K-3, and mandatory kindergarten
organization representing teachers. The Board
became law.
agreed, and in January 1970, CTA filed a
In 1980, CTA reorganized its staff and hired
petition to begin negotiations on salaries.
two membership specialists, Chuck Kiker and
The early 1970s were exciting times for
Yvonne Lyons.
unions, their members, and management. This
Most of the 1980’s were spent working
was a time when teachers in Hillsborough
out the language and intent of the Teacher
would gain a 30-minute planning period, could
and Teacher Aide Contracts. Many principals
use 2 sick leave days for religious reasons,
violated the contract on a regular basis such
would be paid half their accumulated sick leave that there were many grievances ending in level
at retirement, and something that was beyond
three, with several going as far as arbitration.
every teacher’s expectation – duty free lunch!
There were Unfair Labor Practices filed and
Pregnant teachers were no longer required to
PERC rulings that affected unions and school
resign or take a leave sixty days prior to the
boards all over the state.
anticipated birth, and female teachers were
CTA organized clerical employees and
allowed to wear pantsuits.
ratified their first contract in October 1984.
My principal was sure that none of his
Salaries for all employees were pitiful! A
“ladies” would wear anything but a dress to
beginning teacher made $10,000 and a teacher
school, and became physically ill and had to
on the top step, yes, we called them steps, made
leave school when every female teacher on the
$16,000.
faculty showed up in a pantsuit the next day.
During the early 1990’s there was
Seems a little ridiculous now, but at the time it
tremendous growth in Hillsborough County
was a big deal.
resulting in a teaching force of 8,000. The
CTA earned the right to use teachers’
district hired 2,000 teacher aides and about
mailboxes for distributing materials, and the
1,000 clerks. The United States was in a
Florida Retirement System changed to a plan
national recession and education budgets
which had a social security component and
became even tighter than they had been already.
made it unnecessary for teachers to pay for
their own retirement.
It was also the early 70s when CTA broke
ground for the CTA River Apartments and
Hillsborough Schools became integrated,
something CTA was instrumental in helping to
accomplish.
In the mid and late 70s, CTA negotiated
paid life insurance, 2 days personal leave, a
grievance procedure that included level three
in front of the School Board, and a textbook
selection process.
In May of 1977, the CTA Representative
Council voted to organize teacher aides. The
next year saw a judge throw out a Tampa
Tribune lawsuit and uphold the constitutionality
of law that allows teachers to elect open or
closed dismissal hearings, and CTA began
negotiating a contract for teacher aides.
Between 1979 and 1982, the legislature
passed a number of laws that added benefits for
teachers if school boards and unions negotiated Built by CTA in 1970, CTA River
Apartments houses senior citizens
them locally. It was during this time that
and the CTA offices at 4505 N.
CTA and the Board agreed to 6 paid holidays
for teachers, created the sick leave bank, and
Rome Avenue.
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It was during this time that students were
released early once a month so that teachers
could attend staff development training and
meetings. Faculties were allowed to hold
conferences at night for the first time, steering
committees were established, and Blueprint
2000, forerunner to School Improvement, was
passed by the legislature.
In ’92 and’93 the national recession
deepened and 400 temporary teachers were
layed off. Every division made huge budget
cuts, the 12-month work year was cut
permanently by 3 days, and CTA declared
Impasse when the Board wanted to cut all
employees’ pay. The Paraprofessional and
Clerical Chapters merged to become a single
Education Support Personnel (ESP) Chapter.
The mid to late 1990’s was a time of
significant change for all groups represented
by CTA. We had negotiated due process for
ESPs locally, but it wasn’t until 1994 that it was
passed into law for all ESP.
It was during this time that personal days
were increased to 5 per year, job share was
created, teachers no longer had to tolerate
public reprimands, paternity leave was added,
student referral language was added, flex
time on non-student days was added, teachers
signed up for DROP, technology was “in,”
social workers no longer had to meet quotas,
early release days were designated for teacher
planning, and the varsity cheerleader coach
became a Group I supplemented position.
After worrying for over a year about Y2K
issues, the 1999/2000 school year saw the
beginning teacher salary rise to $27,586. The
School Board took a formal vote to require
administrative secretaries to type 55 words per
minute, and the Employee Assistance Program
was added to benefits.
In June 2000, the CTA Board of Directors
hired its first female executive director, Yvonne
Lyons, who worked along side CTA President,
Willie Norwood, the organization’s first African
American president.
Chuck Kiker, CTA lobbyist, and
Willie Norwood, CTA President,
with Representative Bob Henriquez
at a gathering of educators at the
Ice Palace at the beginning of the
new millennium.
The new millennium was jump-started
when the two state teacher unions merged
under their original name, the Florida
Education Association. ESPs and PSRPs
organized by teacher unions, were merged
as well. Beginning teacher salaries rose to
$30,000.
Both Bush brothers had education agendas
for the state and nation that did not include
input from teachers, their unions, or School
Boards and superintendents. They wanted
schools to run like businesses producing a
product in cookie cutter fashion, and to do it
with less money. There was plenty of money
in the state, but the Governor kept diverting it
to vouchers, tax credits for business cronies,
and to private charter schools with little to
no oversight. Really now, who can criticize
education reform with a name like A+?
Governor Bush had such contempt for local
salary schedules that for the 2001-2002 school
year he mandated that every teacher in the state
be rewarded with an $850 bonus. It might not
have been so ridiculous had it actually been a
bonus, but unfortunately, the money for paying
the bonus was virtually all that School Boards
received that year. There was just enough left
over to add a few dollars to the salary schedule,
about 1.7%.
During the next three years, CTA negotiated
the granting of all experience credit for current
employees to coincide with the state law
requiring that credit for new teachers to the
district.
The district continued to grow with teacher
numbers topping 14,000, health insurance
premiums increased by 28%, the teacher
salary schedule collapsed from 36 to 29
steps, a supplement was created for Speech
Pathologists who earned their C’s and for social
workers with a LCSW, the ROTC supplement
increased, we added the 6th personal day and
changed FTP to FEA in the contract.
After 30 years of bringing the proposal
to the bargaining table, grade level chairs or
team leaders in the elementary schools were
finally paid a supplement beginning with the
2004-2005 school year. In the summer of
2005, human resources, payroll and benefits
went “live” with Lawson Enterprise Resource
Planning tool. Thousands of teachers were paid
incorrectly for much of first semester. Lawson
became the personification for all payroll
errors. Lawson did it!
The next couple of years saw salary
upgrading for Data Processors, OT and PT
assistants, Spanish interpreters and teacher
aides.
Highly qualified teachers in Renaissance
Schools were paid a 10% salary increase in
addition to the 10% salary increase for every
teacher and 5% for every ESP in 2006.
A new salary schedule was developed so
that levels, aka steps, were in equal increments.
Highly qualified ESP in Title I schools earned
an extra 2% in salary. CTA and the district
signed a memo of understanding for STAR
merit pay program and then rescinded it when
MAP legislation passed shortly thereafter.
ESP received expanded pay increases for
promotions, were asked to dress professionally,
and no longer had to be tested for keyboarding
skills when applying for clerical positions.
4.3% increase in salary for doing so, while
all teachers saw a salary increase of 4%. The
instructional year was decreased by 2 days
with no loss in pay and teachers were paid
for substituting during planning time. High
school teachers were required to teach 6 out
of 7 periods, but not without protests in front
of the School Board, on media blogs and local
television. The beginning teacher salary rose
to $37,000 and ESP received a 6% salary
increase. An additional 2% increase was
expanded to include all ESP meeting highly
qualified requirements in all schools. There was
a mortgage crisis in the U.S. and gas would be
$4 per gallon by summer of ’08.
Superintendent MaryEllen Elia
(center) with CTA President Jean
Clements (right) and CTA Vice
President Marlyn Dupree (left) at a
reception in 2007.
Early in bargaining for the 2008-2009
school year, CTA and the district agreed
to provide a Level increase of 2% for all
employees and restored the state-cut NBCT
bonus during the second ten-year period. We
also maintained employer paid health insurance
and eliminated one additional day from the
instructional year. Who would have thought it
would turn out to be one of the best settlements
in the state?
By then it was obvious that the banks were
failing, the economy tanked, and education
suffered a series of budget cuts resulting in layoffs in Volusia County, pay cuts in Manatee and
Impasse in various districts including Polk, our
eastern neighbor. The brightest spot in the fall
of 2008 was when labor unions supported and
helped to elect Barak Obama to the Presidency
of the United States.
As we came to the end of the 2008-2009
school year, somewhat protected until now,
Hillsborough school employees were just
beginning to feel the pinch of a tight economy.
Twelve-month instructional personnel including
psychologists and social workers had their year
reduced to ten months, the position of advanced
kindergarten paraprofessional was eliminated
with no layoffs, a few administrative positions
were merged or eliminated, School Board
members took an involuntary pay cut, the
legislature delayed class size implementing
language for one year, and Swine Flu disrupted
The 2006 Bargaining Team was led several schools.
by Chief Negotiators, Richard MarCTA was instrumental in securing the
jobs
of rehired retirees whose contracts were
tinez and Yvonne Lyons.
non-renewed, and CTA membership increased
In April 2007, teachers ratified MAP by 2/3 significantly with Temple Terrace Elementary
and Eisenhower Middle having the highest
majority.
gains.
In 2007-2008 teachers voted to move to
Interviews began for CTA executive
an 8-hour work day. Those affected received
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director, certified rep training was scheduled
at a hotel over the summer, CTA staff met with
the Staff Development team to plan for New
Teacher Orientation in July, negotiations began
on the entire ESP Contract, and The Center for
Technology and Education was running full
steam ahead.
The School Board voted to implement
a 4-day summer schedule as a cost-saving
measure, and bargaining on money issues for
all groups began on a very somber note with the
District bringing furloughs for all employees
to the table, meaning 2-3 days without pay, no
salary increases, and a laundry list of already
publicized decisions such as ending DROP
extensions, adjusting staffing formulas for
elementary “specials,” and adjusting staffing
formulas for guidance and other support
personnel in middle and high schools.
It is now July, 2009, and a new executive
director has been hired to begin in August.
His name is Nick Whitman and he will bring
experience and renewed energy to the position.
He will work with CTA President Jean
Clements who is entering her final 3 years in
that position, and a Board of Directors with
several new members. Bargaining for both the
ESP Contract and money issues for all groups
has been completed and CTA is preparing for
ratification.
Considering the massive cuts to the district’s
budget over the last year and a half, this has
been a successful year at the bargaining table.
Although no one will see a salary increase,
CTA was able to negotiate the entire week of
Thanksgiving as a “break,” partly as a costsaving measure, but mainly because it was such
a popular idea with employees. The school
calendar will undergo changes to accommodate
those days off for students and staff. We will
add 5 early release dates for 2009-2010 to
give teachers additional planning time, and
the federal stimulus funds will be used for
paid/voluntary professional development and
training for all employees who wish to increase
their knowledge and incomes.
Furloughs are off the table, so no employee
will experience forced days off without
pay. With the city and county governments
experiencing layoffs, salary reductions, and
cuts in benefits, all school district employees
should consider this year’s bargaining not only
a victory, but an example of what happens
when management and the union work
together to lessen the impact of external factors
by keeping jobs and benefits in tact, an act that
ultimately benefits the entire community.
I leave you with a blank page just waiting
to be filled with exciting events, people, and
purpose. CTA’s history will be your history.
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release time President, with
Bob Martinez, CTA’s executive
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in 2007. Seated L-R: Rachelle
Frierson, Tracy Foster, Doris
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FEA’s
ESP
Sandy Grant displays a panel
made by CTA members for the
AIDS quilt in 1990.
The 19
82 Barg
ain
Bill Mu
rrah, M ing Team L-R
:
olly Re
Rosales
ad, Sa
, Terry
Wilson,
m
Superin
Lois Pla
tendent
ag.
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seated o
n the rig alt Sickles i
s
ht.
Yvonne Lyons (center) presents
membership award to Danny
Jones (left) while council chair
Judy Garrelts (top right) looks
on.
CTA Executive Board Members
stand in from of CTA’s first
permanent home at 2110 N.
Boulevard in 1968. Front L-R:
Dot Fisher, Joan Dye. Back L-R:
Joe LoCicero, Phil Rosete, Carl
Boyd, Bill Rivers.
meets with
F
S
U
f
o
i
s
li
g
Dick Pu
Powell at
t
a
N
d
n
a
n
Ted Hage
nter
ducation Ce
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r
e
h
c
a
e
T
the
in 1980.
mons and
Sara Bailey, Alice Sirm
Austin meet
CTA staffer Shirley
ember Joe Doreen Lierman (center) is a finalist for
with School Board m
FEA ESP of the Year. Jean Clements,
Newsome.
CTA President, stands behind Lierman in
support.
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CTA President Jean Clements
(on stage) recognizes all ESP
at Rep Council in 2003. L-R:
Doreen Lierman, Cassandra
Johnson, Aulia Fiol, Doris Baio,
Miriam Hodges, Marie Varas,
Betty Williams, Velma Douglas,
Cherlyn Hemmingway, Sandra
Beniton.
CTA affiliate
s with FTP/N
EA in
1987. Dural R
aker, CTA Pre
sident,
meets with K
athy Bell, FT
P/NEA
President, a
nd Jeff Wrig
ht FTP/
NEA Vice Pre
sident. CTA
Board
Members ob
serve the e
vent in
Tallahassee.
Hundreds of new teachers turn
out for New Teacher Orientation
each year before school
starts. These teachers joined
Hillsborough’s teacher ranks in
2003.
HILLSBOROUGH
Classroom Teachers Association
CTA
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f
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l
(
gan
tional
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at
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chers
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.
new
in 2003
n
o
i
t
a
t
Orien
L-R: Mollie Read, Scott Walker
(FEA), Laurie Murray, CC Corbett,
Pat Tornillo, and Sam Rosales
are filmed for television news
on one of many marches for
education.
y
Roberts enjo
s
e
c
n
ra
F
d
ep
Bill an
nd-of-Year R
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th
t
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bar-b-q
er.
Council dinn
Jean Clements, CTA President
(left), presents the Distinguished
Service Award to Yvonne Lyons,
Executive Director (right), for 25
years of service to CTA in 2005.
The CTA E
xecutive Bo
ard in
2005. Back
L-R: Ted Ra
msey;
Yvonne
Lyons,
E
x
ecutive
Director. Sec
ond row L-R
: Rene
Tamargo; P
earl Ershery
; Toni
Brummond;
Jim Roney;
John
Streater; J
ohn Perry;
Jean
Clements,
President;
,
k
o
o
r
b
l
Sharon
Ho
Hogan,
Secretary/Tre
, Judy
r
n
e
o
h
s
c
y
a
T
e
T
asurer.
Front row L-R
Wanda
r at the
e
:
z
T
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d
L
L
ie
n
rm
an; Sue
Huttig; Velm
and Joh Center in 1980.
a
D
o
u
g
n
las; Marie
o
Varas, Vice
Educati
President; M
arilyn
Dupree.
REPORTER
The official publication of the
HILLSBOROUGH CLASSROOM
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
Published each month
CTA Office - 813-238-7902
4505 N. Rome Avenue
Tampa, Florida 33603
Jean Clements
Marilyn Dupree
Faye Cook
Yvonne Lyons
Carla Sparks
President
Vice President
Secretary/Treasurer
Executive Director
Editor
This Publication paid for by membership dues.
AN AFFILIATE OF FEA, NEA, AFT, AFL-CIO
CTA Membe
rs carry
a sign th
at says
“We’re Here
To Make
A Difference
” as they
march in Tall
ahassee
in 1992.
The Bargaining Table in 2002.
The CTA
Bargaining Team is seated on the left (front to
back): Willie Norwood, CTA President; Shelley
Stewart; Yvonne Lyons, Executive Director;
John Perry; Vincent Jones; Brenda Breeden.
The District Bargaining Team is seated on the
right (front to back): Lee Christiansen, Dan
Valdez, Richard Martinez, Mike Bookman.