On Friday, May 25, the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District (PYLUSD)\u00a0and\u00a0California School Employees Association (CSEA) Chapter #293 held the Appreciating Classified Employees (ACE) event.<\/p>\n
The goal of the ACE program is to celebrate and call attention to the contributions of classified school employees through \u201cjob shadowing,\u201d during which school district administrators observe first-hand and participate in the work and responsibilities of classified employees.\u00a0 Notably, CSEA only selects ten\u00a0chapters\u00a0out of the eight hundred throughout California to be a part of this program each year.<\/p>\n
That day, District leaders\u00a0had the opportunity to participate in a one hour job shadow of a classified employee.\u00a0 A wide variety of positions were shadowed including groundskeepers, bus drivers, finance clerks, secretaries, campus supervisors, and much more.\u00a0 Kevin Lee, the District’s Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, took the opportunity to learn more about\u00a0the duties and responsibilities of Tim Gray, a PYLUSD electrician.<\/p>\n
After a morning full of learning, District leaders and classified employees joined together to reflect on the day’s events over lunch.\u00a0 Daisy Bennett, 2nd Vice President of CSEA Chapter #293 and one of the driving forces behind bringing the ACE program to PYLUSD, welcomed attendees and further explained the importance behind ACE.<\/p>\n
Dr. Greg Plutko, Superintendent, also addressed those in attendance and\u00a0reiterated the significance of classified employees and their impact on students, teachers, administrators, and PYLUSD as a whole.<\/p>\n
Julian Peeples, Senior Editorial Advisor for CSEA and keynote speaker for the event, and\u00a0CSEA Chapter #293 President, Job Suarez, further emphasized the same message and tied it into CSEA’s slogan of, “Classified Employees: The Heartbeat of our Schools.”<\/p>\n
In closing, Kevin Lee shared a personal\u00a0story about a positive, impactful experience he had with a classified employee when he was just a young student.\u00a0 He then presented Daisy Bennett with “The PYLUSD Advantage” Challenge Coin for her efforts in organizing the District’s ACE event.\u00a0 The District’s Human Resources Department including Kevin Lee, and Directors Nancy Blade and Rick Lopez, are also credited in large part with\u00a0organizing\u00a0the event.<\/p>\n
The event concluded the District’s celebration of Classified School Employee Week May 20-26, 2018.\u00a0 \u00a0Classified employees — thank you for the extensive amount of devoted work that you do in support of PYLUSD!\u00a0 You truly are the Advantage!<\/p>\n
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\n<\/strong><\/span>Daisy Bennett, 2nd Vice President
\nAnthony Solis, Labor Relations Representative
\nTiara Cox, Field Director
\nBill Hagar, Area Director
\nJulian Peeples, Senior Editor Advisor
\nJob Suarez, Chapter President
\nChris Lawyer, 1st Vice President
\nCheryl Townsend, Treasurer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"