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Support staff urge Sartell‑St. Stephen board to avoid outsourcing transportation, press for fair pay
Summary
Bus drivers, food‑service and custodial employees told the board they face potential subcontracting of transportation and sharply higher benefits costs, and they asked trustees to pursue options that keep district staff employed and improve wages and healthcare stability.
At the Sartell‑St. Stephen School Board’s November meeting, several district support staff used the public‑comment period to press trustees not to subcontract the district’s transportation services and to seek stronger pay and benefits for long‑time employees.
Jody Heneman, a district bus driver, said transportation staff are worried “the possibility that transportation services could be subcontracted entirely out by the end of the school year.” She urged trustees to “please consider ways to keep our…
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