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East Whittier board preliminarily approves layoff resolution amid union objections
Summary
The East Whittier City School District board on Feb. 2 preliminarily adopted a resolution listing classified and certificated positions that could be cut, despite union and teacher complaints about impact on student services; final determinations were deferred to May and depend on a pending MOU.
The East Whittier City School District Board of Education on Feb. 2 voted to preliminarily adopt a resolution listing positions that may be subject to reduction or elimination, a move district leaders said is required by deadlines but which labor representatives and teachers said will harm student services.
Joseph Riley, president of the district’s CSEA chapter, urged trustees to reject the item, saying the listed classifications perform ‘‘services directly to our students and the community’’ and that cuts would eliminate instructional assistants, opportunity-room staff and licensed vocational nurses who provide medical support. ‘‘Please vote no on discussion item number 2,’’ Riley said.
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