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Public commenters press Johnstown district over low support-staff pay and safety concerns
Summary
At the Greater Johnstown SD board meeting, a resident criticized planned support-staff raises as inadequate and raised safety and student-welfare concerns; a student representative noted uncertainty about state funding as the board moves through required budget actions.
A resident who spoke during the public-comment portion of the Greater Johnstown SD Board of School Directors meeting on June 5 urged the board to revisit planned pay increases for support staff and raised separate concerns about student safety and a recent incident involving a young child bringing jello shots to school.
The comment matters because support staff — paraprofessionals and other hourly workers — provide daily, direct services to students across the district and the speaker argued the proposed raise would not retain experienced workers.
The resident said the proposed raise for support staff was “50¢ an hour” and called that “poverty wages,” adding, “With the…
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