Children are our life's work !

    *     Attention all employees entitled to back pay pursuant to the recent arbitration decision involving
           Brooklyn-Queens Day:

           The payments will be as follows:    E-Bank payroll (hourly) - May 15th, 2008
                                                               H-Bank payroll (annual) - May 16th, 2008

   *     Department of Education Environmental Health division is currently working with the NYC Department
            of Health to come up with a protocol for testing and possible removal of caulk containing PCBs in
            schools. As it stands now, they will be targeting approximately 300 schools built between 1940 and 1980.
            Nine schools were tested, six were found to have elevated PCB levels in caulk on window sills and door
            frames. One school, PS 199 had elevated levels of PCBs in the cafeteria. The cafeteria was immediately
            cleaned and then re-opened. Below is the link to a UFT fact sheet on this issue.

                www.uft.org/member/workplace/environmental/building/fact_sheet_on_pcbs_in_caulk.pdf

    *     New York State Education Law Section 2560 provides School Aides, Health Aides and Family
            Paraprofessionals with the same protection as other Board of Education employees who accompany
            students to hospitals, clinics, etc. School Aides, Health Service Aides and Family Paraprofessionals
            will be paid at their regular rate of pay for all time worked while accompanying students to hospitals,
            clinics, etc. These employees will not be asked to make medical decisions on behalf of the students.

     *    Arrest Procedures For Employees: Chancellor's Regulation C-105 states that all employees
            of the Department of Education must immediately report their arrest to the Office of Personnel
            Investigation (OPI). The Department of Education (DOE) is linked to the Division of Criminal Justice
            Service (DCJS); therefore, once an employee of the DOE is fingerprinted from a precinct and their
            prints are forwarded to DCJS, OPI is notified. The following outlines the responsibilities of the employee,
            field office, Supervisors/SFSM and Human Resources.

     *    Click on the link to read on Changes to Chancellor's Regulations on Corporal Punishment and Verbal Abuse.