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Board questions hiring-freeze compliance after dozens of job postings amid layoffs
Summary
Board members and the public pressed district leaders over postings on the hiring site while a districtwide hiring freeze and layoff notices are in effect. Staff said postings are used to build applicant pools and that several categories (special education, ESL, science) were exempted from the freeze.
Public comment and a sustained line of board questioning on Jan. 13 focused on the district's stated hiring freeze and the large number of job postings visible on the district portal.
Resident Faith Sweeney asked the board directly: "When is the superintendent search taking place, and how will you inform and include the community?" She also called attention to archived agenda packets and minutes that were not accessible online. After public comment, board members pressed district leadership for clarity about whether the hiring freeze announced Nov. 8 remains in effect and which positions are exempt.
"Is the district still participating in a districtwide hiring freeze pursuant to the letter that was sent out on Nov. 8, 2024?" Board member Christine Baptiste Perez asked. Dom Castillo, representing human resources, answered that the district remains under a hiring freeze but that several categories are…
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