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Teachers, union and community speakers press Adelanto trustees to fund health benefits and address safety
Summary
Union and community speakers told the board the district can fund health benefits and raised safety concerns including crossing-guard coverage; one former superintendent alleged the district threatened legal action to force him out of a board race and drew a forceful public rebuttal.
Several members of the public used the board’s public-comment period to press trustees on labor negotiations, benefits and student safety.
Jennifer Raider, speaking for ADTA, said the district’s end-of-year report showed a $17.5 million surplus and urged trustees to direct those funds toward fully funding the lowest-cost HMO and improving health and welfare packages for certificated and classified staff. “The money exists,” Raider said, and later added that teachers had been assigned extra non‑contract risk-management training that exceeded contract terms and contributed to staff exhaustion.
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