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Employees and parents press Desert Sands board to reclassify administrative assistant roles
Summary
Multiple administrative assistants and parents asked the board to reclassify elementary and middle school administrative assistants to administrative specialist roles, citing expanded duties, increased site budgets, and decades without reclassification; a union representative asked the board to approve a negotiated MOU covering many job descriptions.
Several district employees and community members urged the Desert Sands Unified board to reconsider a decision denying reclassification of elementary and middle school administrative assistant (AA) positions.
Elizabeth Zamora, who identified herself as requesting reclassification, told the board that AAs at smaller sites perform many duties comparable to administrative specialists — including budget monitoring, requisitions and audit-trail maintenance — and asked the district to reclassify those positions to reflect current responsibilities. "To ensure internal…
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