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Parents, teachers and a student urge board to reverse non-reelection decisions after closed session
Summary
Multiple teachers, counselors, a school social worker and parents urged the Greenfield Union School District board to reconsider non-reelection decisions affecting special education and student-support staff; the board reported it had adopted resolutions in closed session not to reelect several employees, mostly by 4-1 votes.
The Greenfield Union School District board heard more than a dozen public comments on March 12 from teachers, counselors, parents and a student urging trustees to reverse decisions not to reelect several staff members who support special education and mental-health services.
"I respectfully ask you to reconsider the decision regarding my non reelection," said Maria Malabon, who identified herself as a special education teacher in the district. Several other speakers said they had supplied student growth data, positive evaluations and examples of stabilized classroom outcomes.
Teacher Lani, who said she received "4 needs improvement and 2 unsatisfactory" on a recent evaluation, told the board she had not been coached this year and asked trustees to review the records before finalizing employment actions. Student Santiago, who said he is "a level 3 autistic child and a student of [the teacher]," said, "This school year has been very comforting for me," and described big improvements in behavior and daily reports.
Speakers repeatedly told the board that consistency matters for students with disabilities and that losing trained staff disrupts routines and trust. A package of public commenters included school counselors and a social worker who described crisis intervention work, counseling impacts on attendance and the role of the district's pupil services team in coordinating supports.
After a closed session the board reported it had adopted multiple resolutions to not reelect several employees. As read into the record, the governing board adopted those resolutions generally by votes recorded as 4 to 1, with the transcript noting one or more trustees voting "no" on specific items. The board did not discuss personnel details in open session; the public record lists staff positions and internal identifiers rather than full names in the action report.
The board president said the motions and the votes were the formal action taken in closed session. Members of the public who remained asked the trustees to reconsider and stressed the impact on students who rely on continuity of care and services.
Next steps: the transcript shows the board's formal personnel resolutions were entered into the record; any appeals or personnel timelines were not discussed in open session during the meeting.
