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Ithaca school employees left unpaid over holiday weekend; union presses district for fixes
Summary
At the May 27 Ithaca City School District board meeting, union leaders described a payroll error that left employees without pay over a long weekend. Superintendent Dr. Brown said all 1,000+ employees were not paid on time and promised system changes and recommendations to the board.
At the May 27 meeting of the Ithaca City School District Board of Education, Patty Sitman, president of the district’s ESP union, said a payroll error over a holiday weekend left some employees unpaid and caused “ruined” weekends and financial hardship for staff who “live hand to mouth.”
The matter drew extended public comment and a response from Superintendent Dr. Brown, who said the district’s payroll submission had been filed on Thursday and that “our folks should have been paid on Friday,” but bank protocols and other failures extended the disruption. “The entire…
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