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Paramount board approves reorganizations and short‑term executive furloughs in effort to save costs
Summary
As part of budget‑stabilization moves, the board approved elimination of several director positions and simultaneously established director roles split between elementary and secondary equity portfolios; the board also approved five furlough days for certain executives and a district‑wide reduction in administrator work years to realize savings.
The Paramount Unified School District board on April 22 approved several personnel changes aimed at reducing administrative costs while preserving key equity and program work.
Trustees voted to eliminate existing director positions including Director of Elementary Education, Director of Secondary Education and Director of Culture, Climate and Equity, and to establish two new director posts: Director, Elementary Education & Equity, and Director, Secondary Education & Equity. Board members and administrators described the move as a reorganization that reallocates equity work across two operational directors rather than eliminating equity functions.
The board also approved a resolution to reduce the work year for executive cabinet certificated administrators and classified management for the 2026–27 school year, a step the superintendent estimated would save approximately $350,000. In separate votes trustees approved amendments to employment agreements for senior leaders that reduced five contracted days (to be treated as furlough days) and a commensurate salary reduction for the 2026–27 fiscal year; some executives were permitted to cash out limited accumulated vacation days under the amendments.
Board members who supported the items said the reorganization retains equity work while aligning duties to the district’s fiscal reality. Other trustees and public commenters urged transparency about how decisions were made and noted that equity functions were originally started with one‑time funding, arguing the work should not be curtailed because of one‑time budget pressures.
What happens next: The district will implement the new job descriptions and proceed with appointing or assigning directors to the newly created elementary and secondary equity roles; the superintendent and cabinet will manage scheduling of the furlough days and the short‑term reductions in work year.
On the record: Trustees repeatedly said the changes were intended to preserve program continuity while aligning staffing with projected revenue. TAP representatives asked for ongoing engagement with site leadership teams and committed to continue bargaining discussions about district savings and program protections.
