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Teachers union urges immediate action over Cedar Lane principal, cites high turnover and complaints
Summary
At the Aug. 26 Marysville Joint Unified board meeting, Marysville Unified Teachers Association President Angela Stegall urged the board to act on repeated complaints about Cedar Lane principal Rebecca Evers, citing steep teacher turnover and a 92% no-confidence vote at the site.
Angela Stegall, president of the Marysville Unified Teachers Association, told the Marysville Joint Unified School District board on Aug. 26 that teachers and staff at Cedar Lane Elementary have endured years of misconduct by the school’s principal and urged the board to intervene immediately.
“We have administrators in this district that are absolutely amazing, and we have administrators that teachers in this district love to work for. But we also have at least one who…is known to be a bully,” Stegall said, naming Rebecca Evers at Cedar Lane and saying the union had provided “70 pages” of documentation to the district. She added that the site’s teacher roster had fallen from 29 in 2021 to 9 in 2025 and that the site vote of no confidence included 27 of the 29 teachers at the school.
Stegall said the union had tried to resolve concerns behind the scenes and in closed session for years and that those efforts had not led to change. “It is time for the board to direct the district that a time has come for a change…They deserve better leadership,” she said.
The board’s presiding officer questioned the scope of the union’s data, asking about the sample size for the no-confidence vote and saying the presentation “sounds more personal than anything else.” Stegall responded that the union had repeatedly raised the issues with district HR and in closed session and continued to press for action.
The meeting record shows no immediate public motion or vote to remove or otherwise change the principal’s assignment during the meeting. The superintendent and board then moved on to other agenda items, including a committee presentation and routine approvals.
Why it matters: Stegall framed the issue as affecting not only staff but student learning, saying turnover and workplace issues at Cedar Lane have “a negative impact on that entire learning community.” The board did not announce any specific next steps in open session at the Aug. 26 meeting.
What’s next: The union asked the board to act “today” during public comment; the transcript does not record a formal board response that produced a specific action or timeline in open session.
