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Staff and community urge review after dismissal of community-schools coordinator
Summary
Residents, teachers and union leaders urged the Marysville Joint Unified School District board to reconsider the dismissal of a community-schools coordinator at Yuba Feather and Dobbins Elementary, alleging retaliation, hostile work conditions and a lack of remedy from prior staff complaints.
Members of the public and union leaders confronted the Marysville Joint Unified School District board on Feb. 11 over the dismissal of a community-schools coordinator who worked at Yuba Feather and Dobbins Elementary.
Michael Mayo, whose wife was the coordinator, told the board the termination appeared to be "a firing based on style rather than cause" and urged trustees to review letters and documentation submitted on her behalf. "Please take a close look at that," Mayo said, describing community support for the employee.
Carrie Simeroth, clerk at Hillside Community Church in Browns Valley, described the coordinator's work organizing food pantry support and said she had "bent over backwards" to help students, asking the board to consider the community impact of the dismissal. Teacher LaDonna Shoemaker said staff members feel "set up to fail" and described pervasive emotional and mental stress among employees at Dobbins Elementary, asking trustees to read submissions the staff sent the district.
Angela Stiegel, president of the Marysville Unified Teachers Association, expanded the concern into a broader allegation about site leadership. Stiegel said a prior vote of no confidence at one site had been "summarily ignored," alleged retaliation and said many staff members were "petrified about going to work every day," urging the board to respond to multiple emails and pleas from workers and community members.
Board members acknowledged the comments and reminded attendees that closed-session public comment procedures had been followed. The board later announced it will bring forward a resolution related to workforce reductions at its Feb. 25 meeting.
What happens next: The board did not take a public personnel action on Feb. 11; the public comment record and the union's statements were entered for the board's consideration ahead of future meetings and the Feb. 25 workforce-resolution discussion.
