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Classified staff press board on LMT reclassification and rising insurance costs; parents call for clearer emergency planning
Summary
During public comment classified staff urged clearer reclassification language and hour-equity for library media technicians, and a long-time employee said health-insurance premiums rose sharply after the district changed carriers. Speakers also asked the board for stronger emergency plans after a recent multi-day power outage at a high school.
Several classified employees used the public-comment period at the Nov. 14 Orange Unified School District meeting to press the board on personnel-equity and compensation issues.
Beth Cypress, an LMT at Villa Park Elementary, said library media technician duties have expanded substantially since 2001 and asked the board to urge the district to adopt clear contract language and processes for reclassification. "Please urge the district to add clear and fair contract language regarding reclassification, and then do the right thing and reclassify the positions that have dramatically changed within OUSD over the years," she said.
Kimberly Atkinson, an LMT at…
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