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Jenkintown SD approves personnel items and ESS addendum to boost paraprofessional retention
Summary
The board approved personnel items including a separation agreement and an ESS Northeast addendum that includes a longevity escalation giving personal care assistants a pay bump after 45 days to improve recruitment and retention; some members abstained on parts of the personnel vote.
The Jenkintown SD board approved personnel items on the agenda, including a separation agreement and an addendum with staffing vendor ESS intended to improve recruitment and retention of support staff.
Presenter (Speaker 3) summarized the personnel report and described the ESS Northeast addendum: it includes a longevity clause and an escalation provision that gives personal care assistants a pay bump after 45 days to encourage longer-term participation. "There's a longevity clause ... after 45 days, it will give them a little bit of a bump," the presenter said, adding the change is intended to help the district be more competitive in hiring paraprofessionals and personal care assistants.
Board members discussed whether certain personnel items should be considered separately and whether abstentions were appropriate; two members indicated they would abstain on specific items. The chair called the votes; the motions carried with abstentions recorded for the relevant items.
The board asked staff to monitor recruitment outcomes and to report back on whether the addendum improves hiring and retention of paraprofessionals.
