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Angela Greenough on Thursday called for mending bridges and strengthening collaboration between employees, administrators and elected officials as outlined in Del Norte Unified School District’s Board Governance Handbook.
But the DNUSD Board President didn’t address a formal complaint against her colleague, Frank Magarino, directly except to say she discussed the issue with him and blamed California’s Ralph M. Brown Act for hindering transparency.
“I have been in discussion with Frank about this,” Greenough told her colleagues and the public. “I cannot always address all the emails that go back and forth between board members because of Brown Act violations, but we will discuss some of those, hopefully solutions, when we discuss our board governance handbook.”
DNUSD, Teachers Union To Start Negotiating New Contract; DNTA Calls For 5 Percent Increase To Salary Schedule
Del Norte Unified teachers stand in the rain in January 2020 calling for an end to a stalemate in contract negotiations with the district. File photo: Jessica Cejnar
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After COVID-19 ended a year-long stalemate last spring over salaries and health benefits, the Del Norte Teachers Association is gearing up for negotiations over the entire three-year contract.
items up for negotiation this year include the ability to strike, a 5 percent increase to the salary schedule and an increase in Del Norte Unified School District’s contribution toward health and wellness benefits, the union’s lead negotiator, Paige Thompson told trustees Thursday.
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New State COVID-19 Guidelines Halt Del Norte High School Reopening Plans
Del Norte High School s plans to bring more students back to campus were put on hold due to new COVID-19 health guidelines. File photo: Andrew Goff
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Plans to bring more students back to Del Norte High School later this month were shattered Thursday due to new guidelines from the California Department of Public Health.
A cease and desist letter from the California Teachers Association further complicated matters, though Del Norte Unified School District Superintendent Jeff Harris said it was the new safety measures, and the county’s purple tier status, that is halting the high school’s reopening.
K8 Students Will Be Back In Class Following Winter Break; Staff Concerned About Lack of Subs
Though many of their peers in Humboldt County are taking an extra two weeks to quarantine after the holidays, Del Norte’s K8 students will return to campus on Jan. 4.
The Del Norte Unified School District Board of Trustees reached this conclusion on Thursday after hearing from parents who said it felt like their children were being punished for other people’s worries about the novel coronavirus.
But staff were more worried about their coworkers and how their jobs would be covered if they needed to self isolate or quarantine after the holidays. Paige Thompson, lead negotiator for the Del Norte Teachers Association, said she was absent for two days before the Thanksgiving break and there was no one to sub for her.