Amador County - The fate of eleven School District employees included on a list of potential layoffs has been delayed until this week’s Amador Unified School District meeting. Superintendent Dick Glock and board members were expected to attend a special board meeting Friday morning to hear proposals and discuss options with the California School Employees Association, or CSEA. During a standing-room only school board meeting on January 28, CSEA union members vented about not being informed ahead of time about the layoffs and warned of a lawsuit if such layoffs took place. During an exclusive interview with TSPN, Glock said that “everyone is trying to make a good faith effort to see if there’s alternatives.” He said that he discussed with the union president that layoffs were coming. On the list of employees proposed for “discipline, dismissal or release” are seven maintenance workers, one grounds maintenance worker, two secretaries and an office clerk. Two “confidential employee positions”, a Purchasing Technician and a Curriculum and Instruction Administrative Assistant, and two “classified management” positions, a Transportation Manager and Transportation Director, are also in jeopardy. The board has yet to take any action on these dismissals. Glock said he was forced to propose the layoffs after the State imposed a $1.5 million budget cut on the School District last year. Since last September, the School District has saved $700,000 by reducing spending to the “bare necessities,” said Glock. Other factors such as declining enrollment money have also helped close the gap, but Glock said the layoffs are still necessary when trying to fill the minimum $1.2 million hole. “The whole goal here is to keep these (mid-year) cuts away from the sites,” said Glock. In recent meetings, Glock and other Board members have reiterated their priority for keeping cuts out of the classroom. The union is standing behind its members and pushing for other options. “We will do everything in our power to make sure our members are protected from any unfair, unequal treatment,” said Rose Roach, Field Director for CSEA Modesto Chapter 7. Glock was expected to be at a meeting Friday to hear different proposals. The board will discuss the matter further in closed session at the next Amador Unified School District Meeting on Wednesday, February 11 in the County Administrative Building in Jackson. Story by Alex Lane
Sunday, 08 February 2009 22:17
Proposed School Layoffs
Amador County - The fate of eleven School District employees included on a list of potential layoffs has been delayed until this week’s Amador Unified School District meeting. Superintendent Dick Glock and board members were expected to attend a special board meeting Friday morning to hear proposals and discuss options with the California School Employees Association, or CSEA. During a standing-room only school board meeting on January 28, CSEA union members vented about not being informed ahead of time about the layoffs and warned of a lawsuit if such layoffs took place. During an exclusive interview with TSPN, Glock said that “everyone is trying to make a good faith effort to see if there’s alternatives.” He said that he discussed with the union president that layoffs were coming. On the list of employees proposed for “discipline, dismissal or release” are seven maintenance workers, one grounds maintenance worker, two secretaries and an office clerk. Two “confidential employee positions”, a Purchasing Technician and a Curriculum and Instruction Administrative Assistant, and two “classified management” positions, a Transportation Manager and Transportation Director, are also in jeopardy. The board has yet to take any action on these dismissals. Glock said he was forced to propose the layoffs after the State imposed a $1.5 million budget cut on the School District last year. Since last September, the School District has saved $700,000 by reducing spending to the “bare necessities,” said Glock. Other factors such as declining enrollment money have also helped close the gap, but Glock said the layoffs are still necessary when trying to fill the minimum $1.2 million hole. “The whole goal here is to keep these (mid-year) cuts away from the sites,” said Glock. In recent meetings, Glock and other Board members have reiterated their priority for keeping cuts out of the classroom. The union is standing behind its members and pushing for other options. “We will do everything in our power to make sure our members are protected from any unfair, unequal treatment,” said Rose Roach, Field Director for CSEA Modesto Chapter 7. Glock was expected to be at a meeting Friday to hear different proposals. The board will discuss the matter further in closed session at the next Amador Unified School District Meeting on Wednesday, February 11 in the County Administrative Building in Jackson. Story by Alex Lane
