Board hears plan to pilot timekeeping system with unions before districtwide rollout

The board heard updates on draft policies addressing timekeeping and staff accountability and the district’s plan to identify and pilot a timekeeping system in collaboration with labor unions. The draft policy PO 3,000 (timekeeping and staff accountability) was up for second reading at the Aug. 25 work session.

Superintendent Dr. Burney told trustees the district plans to spend the 2025–26 school year collaborating with unions — American Federation of Teachers (AFT), SEIU and teamsters/craft representatives — along with IT, business operations and HR to find a reliable, adult-convenient timekeeping solution. "We were going to spend the '25–'26 school year collaborating with various labor unions ... to identify a system that is really reliable," Burney said. He added that pilots would account for connectivity and ease of use and that staff would target full rollout for the 2026–27 school year.

Trustees also raised security and emergency-accountability concerns. Trustee Wagner asked how the system would help account for persons in a building during an evacuation; administrators said that school-safety benefits were part of the rationale for an accurate timekeeping system and that the forthcoming pilot would consider the evacuation-accountability function.

No policy vote occurred at the work session; the draft remained at second reading and staff said they will continue union consultations and system pilots before returning with a recommendation. Ending: Trustees requested that pilot options address connectivity reliability, privacy and functionality for emergency accountability.