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District opens public hearings to exchange initial bargaining proposals with OTA and CSEA
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Jose Sanchez opened public hearings to present Oakdale Joint Unified's initial proposals to the Oakdale Teachers Association and CSEA Chapter 830 for successor agreements in 2025–26, citing salary, health and welfare benefits and other articles as topics to be negotiated.
Assistant Superintendent Jose Sanchez opened required public hearings so the district could present its initial bargaining proposals to the Oakdale Teachers Association and the California School Employees Association Chapter 830.
"Tonight I would like to share our initial proposal from our district... to the Oakdale Teachers Association," Sanchez said, explaining the district will negotiate successor-agreement language covering salary (article 32), health and welfare benefits (article 33) and other articles as the district chooses.
OTA representative Omar Salinas said the association has 244 members and introduced the negotiators who will participate for OTA, identifying John Blanc and Stacey Graham as negotiators present. Jay Cox, president of CSEA Chapter 830, affirmed his chapter will engage in negotiations and raised employee-benefits concerns mentioned during his organization report.
The hearings opened the statutory negotiating window and allowed representatives to exchange initial proposals; no final decisions were made during the meeting. Trustees and staff acknowledged the bargaining process will continue into the months ahead and that public hearings satisfy statutory notice and information requirements.
