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Trustees reject proposal to make expanded-learning director a certificated position
Summary
The Stockton Unified board voted 3–2 against changing the expanded-learning director position to certificated status, a move proponents said was needed so the director could directly supervise certificated staff; the vote followed public discussion and staff testimony.
The Stockton Unified School District Board of Trustees on Tuesday voted down a proposal to reclassify the district—xpanded-learning director as a certificated position, a change supporters said would allow the director to evaluate and supervise certificated staff in after-school programs.
The motion failed after a roll-call vote: President Ka Stevens, Vice President Sophia Colon and Clerk Donald Daire voted yes; Trustees Angelanne Flores and Isabelle Perez voted no. The board recorded three yes votes and two no votes, with Trustees Shauna Priest and Frank Silva absent.
Mary Rogers, the director who would have been affected, told trustees she had completed the credentialing program and had been supervising certificated employees in practice. Rogers said the change aligns the role with growing program responsibilities and would help the district oversee teachers working in expanded-learning programs.
Opponents on the board questioned whether changing the classification was necessary at this time and raised concerns about employee pay and benefit differences that would result from moving a position from classified to certificated. Trustee Angelanne Flores and Trustee Isabelle Perez each registered no votes during the roll call.
The defeat means the director position will remain in its current classification for now; district staff said they will continue to administer expanded-learning programs under the existing organizational structure. The board did not set a specific follow-up date for revisiting the classification.
Trustees recorded the vote at the end of the discussion; the meeting proceeded to other agenda items afterward.
