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The Livermore school board is poised to approve updated salary schedules for yard duty supervisors, substitutes and LEA for 2025-26 during its regular meeting Tuesday.
The topic is among the consent items on the agenda, which are typically considered non-controversial and decided with a single vote.
If approved, the yard duty supervisor salary schedule will be updated to reflect the addition of a column, representing a 5% increase above the former top column, effective July 1, 2025, according to the meeting agenda. The update would be made to mirror the current California School Employees Association salary schedule, which was approved at the Sept. 9 board meeting.
Also up for consideration is an update to the substitute salary schedule, which includes clarifying language regarding substitute sick leave eligibility, in accordance with changes in labor law; a corrected hourly rate for substitute campus supervisors to mirror the current amount on the CSEA salary schedule as well as two new classifications under short-term on-call assignments non-bargaining units section: choreographer and costume designer.
The board will also consider approving a revised LEA salary schedule to include language on the placement of career and technical education teachers on the schedule.
Previously at the May 6 meeting, the board approved a restructured 2024-25 LEA salary schedule with negotiated, clarifying language about how to place CTE teachers on the salary schedule, according to the agenda. But at the June 17 board meeting — when all 2024-25 salary schedules were presented for approval with 2025-26 in the titles — the approved LEA salary schedule did not include the May 6 revisions regarding CTE teachers.​​
The board is also set to consider approving a provisional internship permit for Joseph Vitale, for 8th grade core at Junction Avenue K-8 School during the 2025-26 school year.
According to the agenda, PIP is meant to phase out emergency permits and allow employing agencies to hire an individual, or individuals, who have not yet met the subject matter competence requirement needed to enter an intern program for the purpose of filling an immediate staffing need.
Ahead of Tuesday night’s meeting, the district received nearly 20 e-letters from the community, the majority of which express concerns including teacher compensation as well as the district’s budgeting and transparency.Â
The letters arrive amid tension between the negotiating parties of LVJUSD and the teachers’ union representing educators within the district — signaled Oct. 2 when Livermore Education Association declared an impasse at the bargaining table with the district over compensation and benefits.
“I’ve seen firsthand how hard our teachers work, from late nights grading to weekends spent planning lessons to buying supplies out of their own pockets,” Livermore resident Jill Boehrer wrote to the board. “If we want our schools to keep attracting and keeping talented, passionate teachers, then we need to start paying them what they’re worth.”
Boehrer’s correspondence was among a total of 19 letters submitted by the public, the majority of which address teacher compensation, district spending or overall transparency.
In another discontented message, Livermore resident Sansan Lee wrote, “We are concerned because a lack of trust and transparency at the top levels of administration is often the first step toward a broader decline.”
Lee suggested that beginning all board meetings at 6 p.m., instead of some at 9 a.m., would help restore trust.
As letters from the public, rather than agendized items, the board is not set to discuss the comments.
The regular meeting Tuesday (Oct. 14) is set to begin at 6 p.m. The full agenda is available here.
The board is also scheduled to hold a special meeting beginning at 3:30 p.m. for closed session conferences with legal counsel regarding a total of three potential matters.
