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Teachers and classified staff urge Adelanto board to settle contracts after 15 months without agreement
Summary
Dozens of staff and union representatives used public comment to demand a swift settlement of certificated and classified contracts, citing 15 months without an executed agreement and rising healthcare premiums that reduced take-home pay.
At the meetings public-comment period, multiple employees and union representatives described the personal and professional effects of a prolonged contract impasse.
Jennifer Rader, representing ADTA, told the board "15 months is long enough," describing staff who have postponed medical care, taken second jobs, and endured rising health-care premiums that have substantially reduced take-home pay. Several classified staff and teachers from multiple sites repeated similar themes: lost benefits, out-of-pocket classroom spending, and the need for dignity rather than luxury in contract terms.
CSEA and individual staff members also raised program-accountability questions, asking for clarity on how community-school grant funds and site discretionary/lottery funds have been used and why some funds have been moved, citing specific encumbrances and balances they said the district should explain.
Board members acknowledged the public comments and said negotiations were ongoing. Trustees urged staff to provide updated budget information and reconvene to resolve outstanding bargaining items, but no bargaining settlement was presented at the meeting.
The public-comment record at this meeting provides a clear statement of frontline staff priorities: restoration of a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), relief on health-premium increases, and clarity about district spending on special education and community programs.
