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Teachers and union representatives urge district to drop proposed benefits cap and rethink layoffs
Summary
At a Pajaro Valley Unified School District board meeting, teachers, union leaders and parents criticized proposed health-benefit caps and mass pink slips, saying cuts would harm student services and drive educators away; union negotiators said a cap would be a ‘nonstarter’ in bargaining.
Dozens of teachers, classified staff and union leaders pressed the Pajaro Valley Unified School District board on the human cost of planned layoffs and a proposed cap on employee health benefits, saying the changes would amount to pay cuts and undermine services students rely on.
At the public-comment period, Rylan Shannon, an English teacher, said she has been handed a layoff notice despite two decades of work in the district and asked trustees to seek alternatives to termination. "Terminating teacher employment is not the best answer," Shannon said. "Treat your educators with compassion and respect." (Speaker: Rylan Shannon)
Roddy Kirkman, vice president of…
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