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Parent tells Ames board district rules force some education associates to choose between benefits and family
Summary
A parent asked the Ames Community School District board to review rules that he says prevent education associates from reducing hours without losing benefits or quitting and being rehired after a 26-week waiting period.
Jared Beckham, a resident and parent, told the Ames Community School District Board of Directors during public comment that his wife, a level 3 special education associate at Meeker Elementary, was told she could not reduce her hours this school year without losing eligibility for employee benefits.
Beckham said his wife had informed school administrators last spring of her intention to move to part-time status so she could take their oldest son to Ames Middle School, which starts at 8:40 a.m. One week before the school year began, he said, staff told her the district would not allow the change because…
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