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Teachers and union warn Lodi Unified about SPED substitute vendor costs and continuity
Summary
Multiple teachers and union representatives urged the board to review a district addendum with ESS West LLC for SPED substitute services, saying higher substitute rates could reduce differential/disability pay and harm service continuity; union representatives also flagged private-equity ownership of the vendor.
Multiple staff members and union representatives used public comment at the March 10 Lodi Unified board meeting to urge caution about the district's use of private contractors for special-education substitute coverage.
Yvette Collins, an eighth-year teacher at Sutherland Elementary who said she teaches in an autistic-structure classroom, told the board that the district's move to use ESS West LLC for SPED substitute coverage would increase the daily substitute cost and reduce her differential/disability benefit. "This…
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