Classified staff and union representatives urge board to address pink slips and retention
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Summary
CSEA and classified-staff speakers described recent pink slips, staffing pressures and pay concerns; union representatives asked trustees to prioritize retention, discipline consistency and legislative advocacy.
Classified staff and union representatives used board comment time to call attention to staffing pressures, recent pink slips and retention concerns.
Kayla Bardsley, speaking for CSEA, described the breadth of classified staff responsibilities across Nevada Joint Union High School District and said recent pink slips issued to classified employees were a painful reminder of how unseen many critical roles can be. Bardsley named multiple staff members and described examples of classified employees providing emergency support to students, maintaining technology, and running essential programs; she urged the board to acknowledge and fairly compensate classified workers.
A union representative reported on recent union actions including ad-hoc committees to review graduation requirements and Aeries training, participation in administrator evaluations, and lobbying activity in Sacramento on bills such as AB49 (prohibiting ICE presence on campuses) and proposals to increase LCFF base grants. The union spokesman said teachers and staff are frustrated by inconsistent discipline follow-through on campuses and asked trustees to consider training and evaluation improvements.
Trustees thanked classified staff for their work and acknowledged concerns; some trustees offered apologies for past oversights and said they would meet with staff to better understand retention and compensation issues.
Next steps: trustees and staff agreed to continue conversations with union and classified representatives and to consider actions that address retention and compensation as part of upcoming budget and staffing discussions.
