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Board questions suspension practices after employees lose pay and benefits during long investigations
Summary
Board members raised concerns about long unpaid suspensions, loss of insurance and limited use of alternate work assignments; administration said suspensions during investigations are unpaid but staff will analyze options including whether the district could absorb insurance premiums.
Board members pressed district leadership about how employees are treated when suspended during investigations, including whether alternate — paid — assignments could be used and whether the district can prevent loss of health insurance while an employee is on unpaid investigatory suspension.
Why it matters: Several board members described employees who had been suspended for extended periods, some without pay and with loss of employer‑sponsored insurance, creating financial hardship. Board members asked whether the district could provide alternate placement with pay or cover the insurance premium during the investigatory period.
Board member Slater described two teachers who were…
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