Amador County – The Amador County Unified School District board of trustees on Wednesday, Aug. 8 will consider reclassification of an administrative assistant position at North Star Independent Study School.

The change would remove an admin assistant 2 position of full time 8 hours and replace it with a full time equivalent secretary position at North Star.

Trustees on Wednesday will also consider reinstatement of a full-time admin assistant 3 position at Independence High School. The position changes were negotiated in a memorandum of understanding with the California School Employees Association Local Number 239, to restructure the positions.

At the last board of trustees meeting, July 25, two people spoke in support of keeping the administrative assistant job rating level in the position at North Star. Doug Turner, a North Star Independent teacher, said he had just learned that the position was being changed to a secretary post. Turner said he felt that considering the consolidation of the administrator’s position and the responsibilities of the secretary position, that it should not be a downgraded position.

Cort Strandberg, also a North Star teacher, also addressed trustees on July 25, and said he felt the change of the position would not be positive for North Star Independent Study staff. He praised and emphasized the importance of the current administrative assistant, Mrs. Allen, at North Star.

Story by Jim Reece.