Level One-Informal Conference. 4.1.1 The parties in interest agree that it is usually most desirable for the grievant and his/her immediate administrator to resolve problems through free and informal communications. Every effort will be made to resolve the grievance in an informal manner.
4.1.2 Within eight (8) days of the time a grievant becomes aware that a grievance has occurred, the grievant will present the grievance to his/her immediate administrator during a time when he/she is not responsible for student supervision with the objective of resolving the matter informally.
4.1.3 Within four (4) days after receipt of the grievance, the immediate administrator shall give his/her answer orally to the grievant along with a summary of the conversation in writing held between the two parties.
Level One-Informal Conference a. An employee with a grievance shall first discuss it with his/her Immediate Supervisor or Building Principal, either individually or with a representative, to try to prevent it from becoming a formal grievance. Unless stated to the Administrator at the initiation of the discussion that such discussion is a Level One Informal Conference, or so stated when it had become one subsequent to the initiation of the discussion, it shall not be deemed as one for purposes of the Level One Informal Conference of the grievance procedure.
b. Class grievances must begin with a Level One Informal Conference and, if necessary, shall then be formally filed at Level Three.
Level One-Informal Conference. 6.7.1 Before filing a formal grievance, the grievant shall attempt to resolve a grievance by an informal conference with the grievant’s immediate administrator. If a grievance does not relate to the immediate administrator and the remedy requested is not within the authority of the immediate administrator, the grievant may initiate the informal conference with the administrator who has such responsibility and authority. Said conference shall be requested within eighteen (18) days of the occurrence of the act or omission giving rise to the grievance or of the date when the grievant could be reasonably expected to know of the act or omission which give rise to the grievance.
6.7.2 A meeting between the grievant and the immediate or applicable administrator shall take place within five (5) days from written request for the informal conference. The administrator shall reply in writing within five (5) days following the informal conference.
