Eric O'Brien, speaking for the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), told the Birmingham Community Charter High District board that auxiliary classes had been eliminated in the past two weeks and cautioned that such positions “are not guaranteed.”

The union report, delivered during the district’s public reports, said the district’s extra-duty hours had declined about 14 percent compared with last fall; UTLA cited a drop in fall extra-duty spending from $207,000 in 2023–24 to $201,000 in 2024–25 and asked the administration to plan staffing changes earlier so affected employees do not lose positions “last minute.”

Trish Carpenter, a consultant working with ECU, said the collective bargaining agreement was in “the last stages of final proofreading” and “should have that signed hopefully within a week.” She also reported the union had filed information requests after receiving multiple complaints about hiring into the specialized paraprofessional position from outside agencies rather than promoting from within, saying the pattern “impacts morale.”

Why it matters: Auxiliary classes and extra-duty assignments affect classroom coverage and pay for bargaining-unit members; promotion practices for paraprofessionals affect retention and morale among classified staff.

Board and staff reaction: The reports prompted no board motion at the meeting. Speakers urged better advance notice of staffing changes; Carpenter said the union would “take a look into that” and flagged it as a personnel-process concern requiring follow-up.

Details and context: UTLA noted teacher concerns about accelerated credit-recovery classes that can be completed in as little as two weeks and said discipline and passing-period issues remain widespread throughout the school day. Carpenter said the salary-study work and job-description reviews with administration were ongoing and that the finalized collective bargaining agreement is imminent.

Next steps: The union and district consultant indicated follow-up work and information requests are under way; no formal district action was recorded at the meeting to resolve the promotion complaints or the auxiliary-class scheduling practice.