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Board approves organizational redesign, central staff reductions and new salary schedule
Summary
The governing board approved a personnel request that implements a district organizational redesign and a new certified 12‑month salary schedule. Board members pressed staff for detail on which services would remain and how direct services to schools would be preserved.
The Mesa Public Schools governing board voted 5–0 to approve a personnel request that implements a district organizational redesign and a new certified 12‑month salary schedule.
What passed: Trustees approved the personnel request, including an addendum and a revised salary schedule intended to support a regionalized service model and create clearer leadership pathways. Board clerk Ms. Kirby recorded the final vote as unanimous.
Why it matters: Staff said the redesign reduces some centralized positions and moves toward a regional support model that places people closer to schools. District leaders described a review process that included position questionnaires, job‑description reviews and cross‑departmental executive review to preserve student‑facing services while removing tasks that leadership judged nonessential.
Board questions and staff responses: Several board members sought assurances that services would not be lost for students and for specific community partnerships. Staff said some positions that appeared on the deletion list (for example, a director of community partnerships and certain preschool itinerant teacher positions) were being reworked so the service would continue in a different accounting or reporting structure: • On the director of community partnerships, staff said a coordinator position would be developed under business services and a personnel item will come back in November for that role. • On preschool itinerant roles tied to Head Start and SRPMIC (Salt River Pima‑Maricopa Indian Community), staff said those roles would be recoded, likely placed at the school level as teaching positions, and removed from the deletion list while district and tribal partners finalize agreements.
Board members also asked about career‑pathing and pay grades. District staff explained a three‑tier certified pay grade intended to create leadership pathways and modest pay range steps to support internal advancement.
Next steps: Staff said additional related personnel items will be presented in the November personnel agenda where appropriate; human resources will contact impacted classified and certified employees to place or match them in available positions when possible.
Attribution: Direct quotes and attributions in this story come from the board meeting transcript and on‑the‑record remarks by district staff during the personnel discussion.
