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Palos Verdes board approves tech aide restructure to standardize roles and boost pay
Summary
The district approved a staffing model that reduces the number of elementary tech aides while increasing pay ranges and creating a universal job description intended to improve retention, align duties across sites and expand training for cybersecurity and instructional technology.
The Board of Education voted 5‑0 to approve a district proposal to restructure technology aide positions.
Staff described a multi‑year review of tech‑aide duties that found inconsistent job descriptions across elementary and secondary sites and growing demands for support in cybersecurity, digital systems, instructional technology integration and emerging tools such as AI. The proposal standardizes the job description, raises the pay range for tech aides (from a range of 10 to 16) and reduces the number of tech aide positions from 17 to 12 in the proposed model while retaining two aides at high schools and one per middle school.
Presenters said the new model would shift elementary site coverage to a shared schedule (one tech aide covering two schools on alternating days) while three district technicians would provide on‑demand backup service and rotate among sites. Staff emphasized there would be no cuts to instructional programs or STEM enrichment; principals and the district technicians would coordinate to maintain STEM lab access and scheduling.
Board members pressed staff on implementation details: how schedules would be set, whether schools could use site funds to supplement coverage for STEM labs, the expected timeline for bargaining and CSEA involvement, and assurances that vacancies would not leave sites without support at the start of the school year. Staff said they would work with CSEA on job descriptions, bring changes to the Measure M citizen oversight committee where required and post positions in time to have coverage in place before school opens.
After discussion and a request for a one‑year follow‑up review with data on ticketing and service levels, board member Curt moved to approve the proposal; the motion passed 5‑0.
