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Classified staff and teachers press board on rising premiums, substitute shortages and cuts to independent‑study
Summary
Multiple union leaders, teachers and parents urged the board to address rising health‑care premiums, involuntary cross‑training and the planned removal of primary‑grade independent‑study options, telling trustees those changes threaten student services and staff retention.
Union leaders, classroom teachers and parents used the board meeting to press the district on rising employee health‑care premiums, involuntary cross‑training for classified staff, substitute pay and proposed program cuts.
Ruby Williams of the Chula Vista Classified Employees Organization said classified staff are being assigned duties outside their job descriptions to fill gaps created by chronic understaffing and low substitute pay. "When staff are stretched across responsibilities, the quality of student…
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