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Board approves multiple personnel resolutions amid public pleas to retain student services position
Summary
Trustees approved a series of resolutions to reduce certificated and classified services, release and reassign administrators, adopt order of employment for layoffs, and release temporary teachers; several public commenters and staff urged the board to preserve a student services position tied to student safety and attendance.
The Redwood City School Board adopted several personnel resolutions at the meeting as district leaders outlined staffing reductions tied to the current budget situation.
Human Resources presented a set of resolutions affecting certificated personnel: resolution 17 on reduction or elimination of certificated services, resolution 18 on release and reassignment of certificated administrators, resolution 19 establishing order of employment considerations for potential layoffs, and resolution 20 on reduction of classified services. The HR representative said the decisions followed months of committee work and noted the human cost: “This is one of the most difficult nights in human resources,” she said, and explained that these actions formalize recommended position eliminations for fiscal year 2025–26.
Board members moved and seconded the resolutions and approved them by voice vote. One trustee made a motion to adopt each resolution and received a second; voice votes were recorded with ayes and the chair announced passages. The board also approved non‑reelection of provisional certificated personnel, release of temporary teachers (including guest teachers) and several personnel changes such as crossing‑guard positions.
Public commenters earlier in the meeting had urged the board to preserve a student services coordinator role and to retain a specific staff member (Nelson) because of his work on PBIS, attendance and restorative practices. Several teachers and staff described concrete examples in which the staff member’s interventions improved attendance and prevented unsafe incidents; one teacher read a letter from a McKinley staff member urging reversal of the decision to end the student services position.
Trustees acknowledged the difficulty of the personnel actions and expressed empathy for affected staff while noting the parcel tax discussion earlier in the meeting as a possible path to restore some positions if voters approve additional local funding.
The formal resolutions passed by voice vote; the transcript records motions, seconds and ayes but does not list individual member roll‑call tallies in the public section.
