Aug. 5 — The Personnel Committee approved revised job descriptions Tuesday for an administrative assistant to the assistant superintendent of innovation and multiple early-childhood positions, updating funding sources and role details while committee members were told the changes will not add to the district’s general fund obligations.

Committee members voted to approve the new job description for the administrative assistant to the assistant superintendent of innovation after staff said the position had been omitted from a previous packet. "This particular position is essentially the secretary," Mr. Matthews, a staff member presenting the items, said. The committee approved the description on a motion by Committee Member Miss Dominguez with a second from Miss Richards; the clerk called the vote and the motion carried.

The committee also approved revised descriptions for early-childhood instruction coaches and Ready Start specialists. Carmen Bratton, a staff member invited to answer questions about the early-childhood roles, said two coaches previously funded solely through the CLSD literacy grant will have literacy removed from their job descriptions and be described as general coaches going forward. "They were grant funded," Bratton said. She added the revised descriptions consolidate the specific duties tied to the prior grant funding.

On one coach position, the committee approved a change from a nine-month to a 12-month assignment; presenters said that item covers a different employee than the nine-month coach. On Ready Start specialists, staff said two grants had ended and those specific grant duties were removed from the job descriptions; additional task detail was added. Staff repeatedly told the committee the updates use other grant funds and do not change the general-fund salary commitment. When a committee member asked whether the changes would affect the general budget, Mr. Matthews replied, "No." Another staff speaker reiterated, "No change to our general budget, anything like that."

Committee discussion also addressed one pay-scale detail for the administrative assistant role. A committee member asked about the secretary salary range; staff said the salary follows the existing secretary schedule with one additional step added. Mr. Matthews described the change as an added step (from step 23 to step 24) on the secretary pay schedule.

All motions concerning the job-description revisions were moved and seconded on the record and approved. No public comment was offered on these agenda items during the meeting.

The committee packet and staff remarks indicate the job-description language was adjusted to reflect funding-source changes and task consolidation for employees already in those roles, not to create new positions. Staff said they are not advertising for new hires in connection with these revisions.