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Adult‑education instructors urge pause on ESL cuts, seek independent budget review
Summary
About a dozen Mount Diablo Unified adult‑education ESL instructors told the school board they face canceled summer classes, promised but unpaid raises and unclear fall assignments; they asked the board to pause cuts to the ESL/family‑literacy program until an independent audit or full budget review is completed.
Alisa Stekel, an adult‑education ESL instructor, told the Mount Diablo Unified School District board on June 11 that part‑time ESL teachers are asking the board to ‘pause on cutbacks in the ESL family literacy program until an audit or full budget review is completed by an independent party.’
Stekel and several colleagues described long‑running uncertainty about pay and scheduling. “In August of 2024, our director told ESL instructors that we would receive a raise by December … and that it would be retroactive,” Stekel said. She and other speakers said those raises have not been paid and that administrators told instructors the delay was due to human‑resources staffing changes.
Maren Anton read a student thank‑you letter on behalf of an instructor to highlight the program’s…
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