Protecting Our Students
A Clear Look at Negotiations Between SRVEA and Management
As educators, we are deeply committed to the success of our students and the health of our public schools. Throughout the negotiation process, we have remained solution-orientated, bringing thoughtful and viable alternatives to the table in response to management's devastating proposed budget cuts.
We believe that the path forward requires collaboration, transparency, and respect for the people who make education happen every day: our educators, support staff, and school communities.
We reached tentative agreement on April 28, 2025 through the mediation process. As educators, our instinct is to protect our students. Throughout the negotiations, we remained focused on ensuring our students would not be hurt. No one disagrees: cuts hurt. While we were able to come to agreement, it was not without a cost. We remain committed to ensuring the fiscal solvency of the district and hopeful that future solutions can restore what our students have lost. We will work together to pursue a better outcome for our students.
Tentative Agreement: Rehire Layoff Process
Tentative Agreement: Budget Reduction
Ratification of the Budget Reduction MOU failed. SRVEA Leadership has reached out to management to ask that the parties get back to the table and fix the tentative agreement.
Side-by-Side Comparison:
SRVEA Solutions vs. Management's Response
SRVEA Solutions vs. Management's Response
- Currently management is refusing to bargain anything but all Board of Education approved budget cuts
- SRVEA Rep Council overwhelmingly approved SRVEA leaders filing an UNFAIR PRACTICE CHARGE against management for "bad faith bargaining" as management refused to bargain anything but approval of all of their budget cuts.
- SRVEA's portion of the approved cuts is $13.7 million. NO CUTS HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED!
- Management called impasse, essentially stopping the negotiations process.
- Keep updated with SRVEA's information: click here for our main information leaflet-- a dynamic document that is regularly updated
Watch: Hear Directly from Our Educators
🎥 Video Library
🎥 Video Library
- "Building Blocks"
- "Securing and Protecting Our Students' Future "
- "It Doesn't Have to Be This Way"
- "We've Started Up Something"
- "Management Rejects SRVEA Teachers"
- "Management Declares Impasse"
- "Protect Our Students"
Negotiation Summaries
We believe in transparency in negotiations. During the course of seven negotiations sessions, SRVEA continued to offer solution-orientated alternatives to management's devastating cuts. It was our goal to utilize alternatives in an effort to reduce management's projected $24M deficit. Fiscal solvency is critical but so is accurate accounting of revenue and expenditures. To learn more about management's budget practices, download the slide deck from our SRVEA Town Hall.
We believe in transparency in negotiations. During the course of seven negotiations sessions, SRVEA continued to offer solution-orientated alternatives to management's devastating cuts. It was our goal to utilize alternatives in an effort to reduce management's projected $24M deficit. Fiscal solvency is critical but so is accurate accounting of revenue and expenditures. To learn more about management's budget practices, download the slide deck from our SRVEA Town Hall.
Download Slide Deck from SRVEA Town Hall Presentation
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Analysis of District Budget
Historically, management underestimates revenue by under projecting what ADA is and over projecting the decline in enrollment. When the budget situation was first announced, management indicated that in 2025-2026, there would be 422 fewer students. At the February Board meeting, a contracted demographer stated that there would be an average of 300 fewer students each year over the next 10 years. However, most recently, management changed their projection to 750 fewer students next year, contradicting their original numbers AND the demographer's analysis. This impacts the projected revenue, giving the perception that less money will be available next year.
Management over estimates expenses. They inflate line items such as Books & Supplies and Professional Services. In a time when there are fewer students and less staff, these line items should be decreasing. The 2024-2025 budget which was approved by the BOE in June 2024 indicated expenditures closer to historic trend. However, at the first and second interim reports, these specific line items INCREASED quite a bit, some $22M and during a BUDGET CRISIS!
It is also interesting to note that over the last few years, total outgo on educators' salaries has gone down. There are fewer educators in the district because of the decline in enrollment. However, during this same time there has been more management positions created as indicated by the INCREASED financial impact of administrative salaries. Shouldn't there be the need for FEWER management positions as we reduce the number of staff and students?
Management over estimates expenses. They inflate line items such as Books & Supplies and Professional Services. In a time when there are fewer students and less staff, these line items should be decreasing. The 2024-2025 budget which was approved by the BOE in June 2024 indicated expenditures closer to historic trend. However, at the first and second interim reports, these specific line items INCREASED quite a bit, some $22M and during a BUDGET CRISIS!
It is also interesting to note that over the last few years, total outgo on educators' salaries has gone down. There are fewer educators in the district because of the decline in enrollment. However, during this same time there has been more management positions created as indicated by the INCREASED financial impact of administrative salaries. Shouldn't there be the need for FEWER management positions as we reduce the number of staff and students?
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