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SCVTS teacher tells board she felt 'disrespected' after applying for district positions
Summary
During public comment at the Aug. 22 meeting, SCVTS teacher Rachel Lester-Battiata said she felt discouraged and not valued after applying for positions and learning a role had been filled; no formal public response was recorded in the minutes.
Rachel Lester-Battiata, identified on the agenda as an SCVTS teacher, used the meeting’s public-comment period to describe two recent experiences with the district’s hiring process. She said she applied for a position, waited three weeks to hear back and was told within hours of inquiring that she had not been selected. She then said she discovered a Student Information Services position listed as filled on that night’s agenda and described both situations as “discouraging, disrespectful, and inconsiderate.”
The minutes record her comment but do not show an on-the-record board reply in open session. Earlier in the agenda, when Board member Patty Bomba asked whether item #10 (employment of Jeanette Jackson as Supervisor/Director of Community Learning Centers) was a new position, Superintendent John Swain responded, “No.” The minutes do not provide a more detailed public explanation of hiring timelines or candidate selections during the meeting.
The meeting proceeded into executive session for confidential personnel and other matters and adjourned at 7:18 p.m.
