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District staff and union raise concerns as purchasing tasks shift to school secretaries; board approves lead-buyer job description
Summary
A representatives' union told the Chula Vista Elementary School District board that recent purchasing changes have placed a heavy workload on school secretaries. The board approved a new lead-buyer job description after staff clarified a small fiscal impact and reporting lines.
Angela Reed, representing the Chula Vista Classified Employees Organization, told the Chula Vista Elementary School District board that recent changes to the district purchasing process have shifted many tasks to school secretaries and created a heavier, more error-prone workload. “They are now doing what feels like a full time job in purchasing, accounting, and inventory management,” Reed said during oral communications.
The union asked the board to return vendor primary contact responsibilities to the district purchasing office so secretaries can focus on front-office duties. The concern resurfaced during the consent-calendar discussion of new and revised job descriptions, when…
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