Dear STPSB Employees,

The St. Tammany Federation Health and Welfare Board of Trustees has resolved to create a COVID relief fund using money from the Health and Welfare reserves.   The purpose of this fund is to compensate eligible participants who

• Have been forced to isolate and/or quarantine because of COVID, with no available sick days, therefore having their pay docked. 
• UPDATE: Have been docked pay for medical reasons other than COVID because some or all sick days have been used for isolation and/or quarantine due to COVID.

At this time, funding is limited to $50,000.  Therefore, funds will

You can find the application for the COVID Relief Fund by clicking here.

We have gotten reports about job expectations while being quarantined/isolated. Please take a minute to answer this survey to help us gather data.

*Please remember to not take the survey during working hours.*

https://forms.gle/mC9fcfEGDcj3ub139

The Federation office will be closed on Friday, January 21st due to possible hazardous road conditions.  If you have an emergency, please email Brant at brant.osborn@stftse.com.  Please stay warm and safe during this winter weather event.

As you have heard, the CDC has updated their guidelines on symptomatic and close contact isolation/quarantine rules.  You can find the updated decision tree document that is being used by schools by clicking here.  You can also go to the direct link by clicking here.

Some important takeaways are listed below.

For symptomatic/postitive cases:

1. If you have no symptoms or your symptoms are resolving after 5 days, you can return to school with a mask for an additional 5 days.

For close contact cases:

1. Staff you do not have to quarantine if:
   • Have completed the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine within the last 5

The St. Tammany Parish School Board has published a notice of a special meeting on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 to begin at 4:30 p.m. to declare, appoint, and swear-in a person who meets the qualifications to fill the District 7 School Board Member Vacancy.  

All parties interested in filling this seat must live in the district and submit a letter of interest by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, January 14, 2022.  You can find out more details about what needs to be included in this letter and how to submit it by viewing the official notice of vacancy on board docs (https://go.boarddocs.com/la/stpsb/Board.nsf

The Federation office is closed from Monday, December 20th until Monday, January 3rd.  If you have an emergency and need to get in touch with us, please email Brant at brant.osborn@stftse.com.

Have a safe and happy holiday!

Please take the time to answer this survey about splitting classes. This survey is primarily intended for elementary school teachers, but feel free to take it if it applies to your school as well.

Splitting classes is defined as: dividing the students from one teacher's class and sending them to two or more other classes to be supervised.

We are gathering that this is a wide spread practice and we are viewing it as a contract violation according to:

Section 9:25 - Relief from Nonprofessional Duties---(f) Employees shall not be required to monitor/teach another employee's class while teaching

The Federation office is closed this week (November 22-26) in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. We are thankful for a lot this year, but we are mostly thankful for our members. Without dues paying members, the work of the union would not be possible. Enjoy your break, relax and rest.

*If you have an emergency and need to get in touch with us, you can do so by messaging us on Facebook or emailing stephanie.underwood1@stftse.com.

Brant, the Federation president, has put together a short video explaining the potential impact if the millage renewals fail. You can see this video by clicking here. Please make a plan to vote for all four millage renewals tomorrow, Saturday, November 13th.