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Police union urges raises and staffing fixes as board ratifies contract modifications
Summary
Representatives of the Palm Beach County PBA urged the board to address delays in raises and a roughly 20% staffing shortfall in the district's school police force after the board approved contract modifications and ratification was reported completed.
Union representatives and school police officers used the public comment portion of the Palm Beach County School Board meeting to press elected members on pay, staffing and safety even as the board approved contract changes.
Katie Mendoza, an attorney who does bargaining for the PBA, told the board she had just learned members "are not gonna get their raise until December 20" with a retroactive pay date of Jan. 17. Mendoza and other speakers urged the district to accelerate pay timing where possible…
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