chaffey adult school Chaffey high school district restructures staff,ONTARIO - The Chaffey Joint Union High School District will save an estimated $1 million by restructuring its administrative staff amid economic challenges.The plan, which collapsed nine positions into five, was approved unanimously by the districts Board of Trustees.Total administrative salaries at the district will be reduced by $345,146 in the current school year, and by the same amount each of the following two school years.In an email to district staff members, Superintendent Mat Holton said the savings equates to a 4.4 percent reduction in total administrative salaries each year.Combining the positions was made in light of anticipated ongoing economic challenges, Holton said in the email.The move targets some positions that are vacant or are anticipated by administrators to become vacant at the end of the school year.This will not result in forced layoffs or retirements, Holton said.District Trustee Art Bustamonte called the move a significant change as r as how we do business, and said it will result in cost savings.Everything we do at this point in time at the district is to be conservative, save money, while maintaining the (quality) of instruction for students, if not it higher, Bustamonte said.The nine positions eliminated in the restructuring:Transportation directorRisk managerCo-principal at Valley View High School
Assistant superintendentAdministrative assistant to the superintendentStudent information services directorStudent achievement instructional coachFiscal services directorAssistant principal at Chaffey High School.The five new positions:Transportation/risk management directorContinuation assistant principalChief fiscal services officerExecutive director of instructionPrincipal of online learning.The transportation/risk management director is a combination of two positions that were previously separate - transportation director and risk manager. The combination follows a model that has worked successfully in another district, Holton said.The chief fiscal services officer, a position created for the 2012-13 school year, will retain the responsibilities of the previous fiscal services director position.The chief fiscal schaffey adult school Chaffey high school district restructures staffervices officer also assume(s) additional responsibilities including auditing booster clubs, assisting with district compliance of student fee issues, fiscal oversight of food services, transportation and risk management, and supervision of all financial data in reports to the state, county, chaffey adult schoolboard and cabinet, Holton said.The executive director of instruction will oversee district efforts in alternative education, including continuation, adult and online learning programs.Trustee Sue Ovitt said she supported the move at last weeks school board meeting because it saves the district money without harming the quality of instruction given to students.Were always looking at ways to help our students and to maximize their learning, she said.The Chaffey Joint Union High School District has schools in Ontario, Montclair and Rancho Cucamonga and includes eight high schools.Its the fourth largest high school district in the state.
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