This week district officials shared with JESPA leadership that up to a quarter of the ESP workforce could be furloughed in coming weeks. By Thursday afternoon, food service workers were receiving calls that they “shouldn’t report to work on Monday” due to a lack of work created by remote learning. Friday morning, the district adjusted
As of today, food service workers across the district are being told over the phone that they’re “furloughed until further notice” and that the district is closing 141 of the 156 food service sites as of Monday, Nov 30th. Click here to sign this petition and share. To: Kristopher Schuh November 19, 2020 It is
November 18, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: On National ESP Day, Jeffco Education Support Professional Association urges Governor and school district to work together on supporting students during pandemic JEFFERSON COUNTY – Today, on National ESP Day, in an open letter to Governor Polis, the Jeffco Education Support Professional Association (JESPA) urges all state and local agencies from the Governor to local district
18 Nov 2020 Dear Governor Polis It’s time to lead. It’s time to stop deflecting the decision making about public health during the pandemic onto local agencies, and stand up as our elected leader. Your actions, or lack of actions, are creating a dangerous partisan divide among Coloradans. It’s time to lead. It’s time to make
The Jeffco Public School Board has given its blessing that the district can move to remote learning for secondary students starting Monday and continuing in-person learning only for elementary students until at least early December. However, interim Superintendent Kristopher Schuh has announced no decisions have been made, but he will make a decision by the
Today at 5pm, the district declared an impasse and canceled next week’s bargaining sessions. Impasse means that at least one bargaining team believes no further progress can be made by continued bargaining. In this case, the district believes they are unable to make progress by continuing to bargain financials with JESPA. JESPA’s bargaining team has
Recently, the West Transportation terminal experienced a rather large COVID-19 outbreak, in which several employees were affected. Employees have reported to the JESPA office that the administration and office were not wearing masks prior to the outbreak. Because of a failure to communicate, other employees showed up to work in the terminal not knowing that
This morning, JESPA’s bargaining team made a counter-proposal to the district. Last week, the district proposed a 3% one-time bonus, which is not enough for Jeffco’s low wage, front line workers. The JESPA Team submitted the following proposal: An ongoing step starting at the midyear point, a 2% Cost of Living Adjustment $2,069,934, 2% one-time
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October 6, 2020 Tonight, JESPA members met with several candidates for public office to interview them about where they stand and how they’ll produce results on issues important to our membership including: living wage, full staffing, and robust supports for students. Watch the video to see where candidates stand!
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