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Alachua union leaders accuse district of staffing cuts that threaten student supports, file unfair labor practice
Summary
Leaders of the Alachua County Education Association told the school board that recent position eliminations and hours reductions hit education support professionals hard and announced they filed an unfair labor practice complaint.
Carmen Ward, president of the Alachua County Education Association, told the school board on June 3 that the union is pushing back against wide staffing cuts and reductions in hours that the union says will hurt students.
The union leaders said many education support professionals (ESPs) were notified this month that positions were eliminated or hours reduced. “We have people who were told they have no job, but will be placed in one only to then hear that they were probationarily terminated,” Ward said, urging the board to spend money approved by voters through the district’s 1‑mill levy for positions the ballot language intended to fund.
Crystal Tessman, the union’s vice…
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