Schools
Staff Reductions, Budget Talks on Tonight's Board Agenda
The Board of Education is scheduled to meet at 7:30 tonight.
The Newark Unified Board of Education will vote on whether to reduce and eliminate more positions at its board meeting tonight.
The recommendation to reduce the hours of 14 different classified positions stems from the lack of work or funds within the district, according to the text of the resolution that is up for a vote.
The proposal comes a little more than a month to reduce services and workdays of its classified staff and to eliminate 23 full-time equivalent positions, affecting 27 certificated employees.
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If the resolution is approved on Tuesday, the following classified employee positions will be terminated or reduced starting July 1:
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Type of Service
FTE Reduction
Site Location
Office Clerk
0.156 FTE
Bunker Elementary School
Library Clerk
0.1375 FTE
Kennedy Elementary School
Office Clerk
0.2333 FTE
Kennedy Elementary School
Library Clerk
0.05 FTE
Lincoln Elementary School
Library Clerk
0.125 FTE
Milani Elementary School
Office Clerk
.033 FTE
Milani Elementary School
Office Clerk
0.2333 FTE
Schilling Elementary School
Classroom Aide
.475 FTE
Community Day School
Library Clerk
.10 FTE
Newark Junior High School
Workability Specialist
.375 FTE
Newark Memorial High School
Senior Bilingual Aide
.138 FTE
Newark Memorial High School
Senior Bilingual Aide
.17 FTE
Newark Memorial High School
Computer Lab Technician
.50 FTE (Currently a vacant position)
Newark Memorial High School
Staff Secretary I
1.0 FTE
Newark Memorial High School
District staff is also expected to give the Board of Education an update on the release of Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2011-12 budget revision that was released in May.
Brown's revision, which was released May 16, projects that the state will take in $6.6 billion more in tax revenue for this year and next than originally expected.
About $1.6 billion of that would go toward K-12 education and community colleges.
After that state budget revision, Steven Shields, the district’s chief business official, had to determine what kind of impact it would have on Newark schools.
The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. at the district office. To download the board’s agenda, click here.
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