Hollister School District trustees tonight are set to consider
$920,000 in cuts to the classified staff in such areas as the
libraries, custodians and support services.
Hollister School District trustees tonight are set to consider $920,000 in cuts to the classified staff in such areas as the libraries, custodians and support services.
The district board is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. at the district office, 2690 Cienega Road.
Classified union representative Diane Smith, a library technician at Rancho San Justo Middle School, noted how there are a total of 37 positions affected under the plan trustees will consider at the meeting. School district officials already have handed out pink slips to 80 teachers and 15 administrators in efforts to cut $6.5 million from next year’s budget.
They include an array of cutbacks to hours for many employees, such as administrative assistants and school campus monitors. But perhaps the biggest hits would occur to the libraries and special education programs. Under the plan, there would be seven of eight library supervisors and six of seven library technicians let go, Smith said.
“They’re very drastic because the problem is, all of these cuts have a direct impact on the student population,” Smith said.
She said union leaders over the past several months have suggested other cuts to examine, such as to the sports program, transportation and other smaller areas such as eliminating cell phones and mileage stipends for many of the employees.
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