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Public commenters press board on pay, SROs and community reuse of school property
Summary
During public comment the board heard calls to reinstate annualized pay for hourly employees, pleas not to cut SRO positions citing increased calls and weapons incidents, and a neighborhood proposal to repurpose Roberson Neighborhood School property as community space with investor support.
Five public commenters addressed the board during the Dec. 17 meeting, raising personnel, safety and community‑use concerns the board logged for follow-up.
Sarah Smyth, director of facility services, asked the board to reinstate annualized pay for roughly 1,100 hourly employees and to amend policy GBDB to restore that option. Smyth said Oracle can support annualized pay and that Kronos addresses underreporting concerns for hourly staff; she described financial hardships for hourly employees from nine‑month pay distributions and…
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