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Chula Vista board approves edited personnel reductions after heated debate; trustees split 3-2
Summary
After extended public comment and trustee questioning, the board approved agenda item 10n with edits that removed several assistant classifications and a parent-engagement coordinator from the list of eliminations; the final motion passed 3-2.
The Chula Vista Elementary School District Board of Education on a contentious agenda item approved a personnel-reduction package as amended, voting 3-2 after trustees removed several assistant-level positions and the parent-engagement coordinator from the list of positions to be eliminated.
Board discussion spanned more than an hour as trustees and staff clarified who would be displaced, how the district would place certificated employees and why sites had differing staffing requests. Superintendent Dr. Reyes and Director Jorge Mora described a multi-step placement process: the district reported 28 certificated teachers currently displaced and said there were roughly 45 vacancies district-wide. Staff said displaced teachers have priority for open vacancies for which they are qualified;…
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