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Support staff, CSEA press Riverhead board to settle expired contract and raise pay for drivers and aides
Summary
Multiple CSEA and support‑staff members told the Riverhead board their contract expired June 30 and urged immediate resolution, citing recruitment and retention crises for bus drivers and aides, low hourly wages (examples cited in testimony) and safety and scheduling burdens that make staffing unsustainable.
Members of the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) and district support staff used the public‑comment period on Dec. 12 to press the Riverhead Central School District to resolve a contract that expired on June 30 and to address wages and staffing shortages.
Sonia Johnson, who identified herself as the CSEA president for the district’s non‑instructional unit, said the contract has been "6 months past the expiration date, July 1," and that the district faces recruitment and retention problems in multiple departments, particularly transportation. She asked trustees to consider union…
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