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Board approves administrator pay changes and converts vice superintendent role to contract
Summary
The board approved modifications to administrator pay scales, a reclassification of a bond-funded director role and moved the vice superintendent of business/services to a contracted position; public comment raised equity and transparency concerns.
The Governing Board voted to approve changes to administrator pay scales and reclassified a bond-funded director role, and members approved converting the vice superintendent of business/services position from the salary schedule to a contract to promote stability.
During public comment, Bernardina, who identified herself as an assistant in the adult transition program and a member of the adult education board, urged the board to consider equity impacts for classified staff and asked where additional funds would come from to pay proposed raises. “El impacto de esta intención no se está tomando en cuenta, es sistémico en cuanto a la equidad de la estructura de pago para empleos,” Bernardina said, and she raised concerns that the packet omitted classified staff and that salary inequities persist.
Superintendent Presta and board members discussed the need to retain leadership and avoid turnover, saying the changes would promote continuity. The board approved the updates to six job descriptions presented by Deina Luján and approved the salary-scale modifications for administrators; the packet states the salary changes would be retroactive to July 1, 2025. The board also approved the employment agreement to place the vice superintendent of business/services under contract; members approved the motion with a second and a unanimous vote in favor.
Speakers emphasized the district’s structural funding challenges compared with neighboring districts, noting persistent gaps in base funding. Board members acknowledged classified staff concerns raised in public comment and said the board is pursuing equity work that they called gradual and systemic.
The motions recorded in the meeting materials had the effect of changing compensation classification and employment terms for senior administrative positions; the transcript shows the board approved the proposals without recorded dissent. Several members said the actions were intended to retain leadership and reduce replacement costs, and staff will implement the contractual changes and retroactive pay adjustments as directed by the board.
The board did not adopt changes affecting classified staff pay in this meeting; members said questions raised by public speakers would be considered as part of ongoing compensation discussions.
