KHSTA Weekly Update 10-17-2025

We hope you had a great week! 
 
Updates will come out every Friday EXCEPT for the last Friday of the quarter (the KHSTA Newsletter will arrive on these dates). Please check your junk mail folder if you are not receiving them. Past updates will be archived on the KHSTA website (khsta.org).
 
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED!
The KHSTA Bargaining team has reached a tentative contract agreement with the District. You should have received an email that included a summary of the agreement, as well as the signed agreement. The KHSTA Representative Council voted to send the contract to membership for ratification at their meeting last Wednesday. The vote for ratification will take place electronically next week. 
 
10 MINUTE MEETINGS
Your site reps will be doing monthly 10 minute meetings to help keep you informed. Reps should be having a 10 minute meeting to answer questions regarding the tentative contract. Next month’s topic is Grievances vs. Complaints.
 
EVALUATIONS
If you are supposed to be evaluated this year, you should already have met with your evaluator to set your goals and first observation date. If that has not occurred, please reach out to your site representative. 
 
REMINDERS

  • Salary advancement units - credits must be turned in by Oct 31

 
KHSTA WEBSITE
The KHSTA website will be under construction for the next several weeks. If you need information on the contract, please go to the KHSD website’s HR page to access the contract. 
 
THE STANDARD -- OPEN ENROLLMENT
Great news!!! The Standard is doing an open enrollment from October 1, 2025 to November 30, 2025! This means that if you don’t have disability insurance and you want to get it WITH GUARANTEED ENROLLMENT AND NO HEALTH QUESTIONS ASKED, this is the time!! The plan would go into effect after you work 10 days in the month after you sign up. They are also offering open enrollment on up to $100,000 of life insurance.
 
To find more information, go to standard.com/cta/justforyou. 
 
CONFERENCES
KHSTA offers scholarships for the following CTA conferences. We are getting close to our allotted number of scholarships for conferences, so if you want to attend a conference, make sure you apply soon! KHSTA’s Exec Board reviews applications once a month, so please apply at least 30 days prior to the conference dates.
 
Conferences Still Available for the 2025 - 2026 school year (conferences will be added as they are announced):

  1. New Educator North,  December 5 - 7, 2025 (Hyatt Regency, San Francisco)

  2. New Educator South, February 20 - 22, 2026 (Hilton OC, Costa Mesa)

  3. Issues Conference, January 16 - 18, 2026 (Las Vegas)

  4. Good Teacher North, January 30 - February 1 (Burlingame)

  5. Equity and Human Rights, March 13 - 15, 2026 (Southern CA, location TBA)

  6. Good Teaching South, March 20 - 22, 2026 (Garden Grove)

Apply here: https://tinyurl.com/Conf-Scholar
 
NAME OR SITE CHANGES FROM LAST YEAR
If your name or school site has changed from last year, please update your information with Membership Chair Dave Ziegler at david_ziegler@kernhigh.org. 
 
Happy Friday!! Enjoy your weekend!
 
KHSTA Executive Board
 
President: Cathy Adams (FrHS)
Vice President: Mindy Montanio (HHS)
Secretary: Stephanie Valenzuela (AHS)
Treasurer: Norma Procell (HHS)
State Council Reps

  • Elise Sotello (KL)

  • Kim Lee (AHS)

  • Tamara Clark (VWHS)

  • Joanne Barrick (HHS)

  • Candi Romero (TDS)

Past President: Vickie Shoenhair (Shafter)
Membership Chair: Dave Ziegler (LHS)
Bargaining, Grievance Chair: Mindy Montanio (HHS)
PAC Chair: Allysa Jones (FHS)
 
Site Representatives
Arvin: Stephanie Valenzuela,
  Ty Newton
BAS: Linda Colvin
BHS: Hillary Sanders, 
Randy Bennett
CHS: Kayole Bradford, Kim Henry
CVHS: Alix Garcia
DOHS: Olive Garrison, 
          Hannah Richert
District (includes all district programs):
Danny Arretche (KL),
Isaac Rocha (JCC), 
Jeff Craft (ABLE)
EBHS: April Bynum, 
        Rosemary Silverman
Foothill: Elizabeth Deckard,
         Allysa Jones
Frontier: Lara Winn
GVHS: Victoria Hinojosa 
HHS: Meaghan Barber Smith 
IHS: Robb Polski, Tanya Whitehouse
KVHS: Casey Robinson
LHS: David Ziegler, 
Marycoco Ramirez
MMHS: Brooke Malley Ault, 
         Matt Day
NHS: Erika Zeimet, Tonya Davis 
Nueva: 
RHS: Kim Smith, Nathan Claunch
ROP/CTEC: Chad Wright, 
         Scott Trimble
Shafter: Jessica Smith, 
 Brian Feaster
South: Rebekah Ingle, 
          Dante Borradori
Stockdale: Gaby Scully
TDS: Candi Romero
VWHS: 
Vista: Julie Burke
West: Eliza Pearsy, Steve Willis
 
Liaisons
COUNSELOR: Joanne Barrick (HHS)
NURSE: Jamie Henry (IHS)
PSYCHOLOGIST: Angelina Gonzales (ABLE)
TEACHER-LIBRARIAN: Amanda Rude (SHS)

Tony Raddatz