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Teachers, classified staff press Apple Valley Unified for pay, health care and classroom safety
Summary
Dozens of teachers, classified employees and union leaders urged the Apple Valley Unified School District board to restore fully funded health benefits, provide cost‑of‑living increases and address student behavior and staffing shortages, saying morale and retention are at risk.
Dozens of teachers and classified staff urged the Apple Valley Unified School District board on March 6 to make employee health care, pay and classroom safety a budget priority, warning that continued cuts and unfilled promises are driving educators away.
Speakers at the meeting’s public comment period included Karen Sabers, who said the district has failed to honor past promises and must make teachers a “high priority” for health and salary improvements. “We were misled and told that if we agreed to place a cap on our insurance all teachers would be able to return … that promise has not been fulfilled,” Sabers said, recounting earlier pink slips and years of…
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