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Union leader urges board to use oversight authority, cites alleged retaliation
Summary
Chevy Woodard, president of the Mission City Classified Association, urged trustees to exercise oversight, apply board policy consistently, and protect district employees from what he described as retaliatory actions; the board did not take immediate action during the public comment period.
Chevy Woodard, president of the Mission City Classified Association, used the public comment period of the April 28 board meeting to urge trustees to exercise their oversight duties and ensure the district adheres to its collective bargaining agreement.
Woodard told the board: "The union respectfully calls upon each member of this board to exercise the oversight authority your own policy requires you to retain." He said classified employees — including bus drivers, food-service professionals and monitors — "feed district children, deliver them safely home every single day" and that district leaders must evaluate the superintendent objectively using board policy rather than "subjective opinions." He added that some members of the transportation department are experiencing "overwhelming adversities" and accused the administration of acts he described as retaliatory.
Woodard's remarks were delivered during the preliminary determination hearing's public comment window; the board did not engage in direct back-and-forth during the comment. No immediate response or board action addressing specific allegations was recorded in the meeting minutes; the claims remain unresolved in this session.
The association’s concerns, as presented, ask the board to review application of policy and to ensure the collective bargaining agreement is honored; board members did not announce any follow-up during the meeting.
The public comment period closed and the board continued with its agenda.
