School Faculty Council. The School Faculty Council shall be formed in each school building. The principal and/or his/her designate(s) shall meet monthly during the school year with the School Faculty Council. The Council shall have as one of its members the AEA Building Representative. The purpose of the Council shall be to provide a means of communication between the building staff and the building principal. The Council shall serve in an advisory capacity to the building principal. The size of the Council and the departments, levels, and special groups to be represented on the Council shall be determined by the faculty at a September meeting. The faculty shall elect the representatives to the Council by secret ballot during the month of September. After the first (1st) of October, the Council shall meet and elect its chairman by secret ballot. Neither the building principal nor the AEA building representative may serve as chairman. The term of the new council shall begin at the beginning of the school year. The chairperson, in cooperation with the principal, shall schedule one (1) council meeting per month. The agenda for this meeting shall be prepared by the chairperson and submitted to the principal (who may add items) and council members at least twenty-four (24) hours before the meeting. Other meetings of the Council may be called by the chairman, a majority of the members of the Council, or the principal. The chairman shall designate a member of the Council to serve as secretary at each session. This person shall be responsible for providing a summary of the meeting to the building principal prior to the preparation of the minutes for general staff distribution. The principal and Faculty Council shall consult on all matters involving building policy and procedures. Unresolved issues shall be referred in writing to the AEA Professional Problems Committee by the Council chairman within five (5) days, if the majority of the Council so instructs him/her. A copy shall be given each member of the Council. The Faculty Council shall have the right to determine the expenditure of funds which are made available through food or beverage machines operated in the faculty lounge(s). The Council shall designate the activities to be supervised, subject to faculty approval, and recommend to the principal those employees to be paid under the extra pay category of “activity supervisors.”
