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Board approves preliminary resolution for classified-staff reductions amid budget uncertainty
Summary
Trustees approved a resolution initiating reductions in classified service (6.57 FTE, affecting 10 part-time employees) as a preliminary March 15 layoff notice; union representatives urged delay and offered cost comparisons showing limited potential savings from cutting paraeducator roles.
The San Mateo-Foster City School District board voted Feb. 27 to approve a preliminary resolution proposing reductions in classified service for 2025–26, a step that initiates March 15 preliminary layoff notices but does not finalize staffing changes.
Human-resources staff told the board the proposal totals 6.57 full-time equivalent positions, impacting about 10 part-time employees, and said the March 15 notice is preliminary with final notices possible as late as May 15. "This is an initial notice," said the district presenter. Trustees later approved the resolution by motion.
Union representatives cautioned the board against moving forward without additional review. Brianne Bishop, speaking for CSEA chapter 411, noted the small projected savings from cutting paraeducator positions compared with administrative contract costs and asked the board to remove item 6A from the night’s agenda to allow further analysis. Bishop recited contract figures in the public record — including a cited executive-director contract of $249,802 and an estimated total cost-with-employment of roughly $307,000 annually — and argued the district could fund multiple paraeducator positions for more than a year using redirected coordinator salary funds.
Trustees discussed which positions rely on PTA funding and emphasized efforts to preserve positions where possible; the board also noted prior administrative reductions that totaled roughly $1.5 million and said further district-office reductions under consideration would continue that work.
By voice/roll-call vote the board approved the resolution to proceed with the preliminary reduction notices. The vote on the resolution was later recorded as 5–0 when the board reported out personnel actions taken in closed session.
