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Teacher and union rep urges board to allow leave for delegate assembly, previews bargaining priorities
Summary
Jason Rodriguez, a teacher at Carver Career and College Academy and building representative for the Chesterfield Education Association, asked the board to permit staff leave to attend the union's state delegate assembly in April, discussed upcoming bargaining, and described union-member supports including CPR classes and a new supplemental-insurance partner.
At the Jan. 6 meeting Jason Rodriguez, a teacher at Carver Career and College Academy and a building representative for the Chesterfield Education Association, used his public-comment time to describe union plans for the coming year and to request board support for staff leave to attend a statewide union delegate assembly.
Rodriguez said signups have opened for a CPR class the union is offering; he also said the association will roll out a new supplemental-insurance partner, Optivise, beginning with a site visit at Enon Elementary. He asked that principals grant professional-development or leave time for members who wish to attend the Virginia Education Delegate Assembly in Virginia Beach on April 16-18 so they can participate in union governance and training.
"We will continue to talk with staff about what they would like to see in the new contracts," Rodriguez said, and he described ongoing work to engage building representatives and staff across job categories in bargaining preparations.
Rodriguez identified himself in the transcript as a parent and a teacher and noted his union affiliation. The board did not take action on his request during the meeting; such personnel- and leave-related approvals are typically handled administratively at the school or district level.
