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The Pleasanton school board will be voting on two resolutions during Thursday’s meeting that will effectively eliminate or reduce the number of over a dozen certificated and classified staffing positions at the end of this school year.
According to the Pleasanton Unified School District’s Jan. 15 board agenda packet, these reduction in services resolutions will generate roughly $3.5 million in savings for the district.
The first resolution will look to authorize the reduction of “identified certificated services due to a reduction in particular kinds of services,” which will be reflected in the 2026-27 school year. Positions that will be affected by the adoption of this resolution include several director positions, elementary vice principals, high school coordinators, certain specialist positions and multiple and single subject programs.
“Under California Education Code … the Board of Education, through adoption of a resolution, may reduce particular kinds of services performed by certificated employees for the upcoming school year,” the staff report states. “This reduction of particular kinds of services (PKS) may require the termination of certificated employees at the end of this school year.”
The resolution will consist of both full position eliminations and partition position reductions that will total 19.4 full-time equivalent (FTE) certificated positions.
Management positions will make up 13.4 FTE positions while non-management will make up 6 FTE positions, according to the staff report.
“Resolution 2025-2026.19 identifies the services to be reduced and directs the Superintendent or his designee to send appropriate notices to all certificated employees whose employment may be terminated by virtue of reduction of the particular kinds of services identified,” according to the staff report.
Reducing those “particular kinds of certificated services” that are identified in the resolution is expected to generate just under $2 million in overall savings.
In addition, the board will also be voting on a separate resolution to authorize the reduction of identified classified services for the 2026-27 school year, which would also mean several classified positions are on the chopping block at the end of this school year.
“Under California Education Code … the District is authorized to reduce classified services for an upcoming school year due to lack of work or lack of funds,” according to the staff report. “In evaluating program needs, existing and projected funding, and adjustments in pupil enrollment, staff has determined that the classified services identified in Resolution 2025-2026.22 must be reduced at the end of the 2025-2026 school year due to lack of work or lack of funds.”
The positions that will be affected include administrative and library positions, two technician for human resources positions, a pair of custodian positions, and several more that will total in 13.45 FTE eliminations and partial reductions. The majority of these classified positions will be non-management positions that are either vacant or currently occupied.
“The Board’s approval of this Resolution is necessary in order to initiate the reduction of the specified classified services and to notify impacted employees of the reduction or elimination of their positions at the end of the school year,” the agenda report states.
According to staff, these changes are projected to generate just under $1.5 million in overall savings.
The board’s open-session meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Thursday (Jan. 15). Read the full agenda here.
In other business:
* School board trustees will also be voting on a pair of resolutions that will help determine the order of layoffs, specifically for certificated employees. The first resolution sets the skipping criteria for laying off certified employees while the second sets the tie-breaking criteria.
The skipping criteria resolution states that the district can avoid laying off certificated employees with seniority “based upon a need for specific personnel who possess special training and experience, or competency, to teach a specific course or course of study or to provide specific services which others with more seniority do not possess.”
“The Board’s approval of Resolution 2025-2026.20 is necessary in order to deviate from laying off a certificated employee(s) based upon seniority due to the special training and experience, or competency, they possess which is required to serve the District and its students,” according to staff.
According to staff, the second resolution has to do with determining criteria which will be used for “ordering the seniority of certificated employees with the same first date of paid service.”
This tie-breaking criteria will help make determinations when it comes to employees with seniority who started working at PUSD roughly at the same time.
“The Board’s approval of Resolution No. 2025-2026.21 is necessary to establish the criteria which will be applied in order to resolve ties between certificated employees with the same first date of paid probationary service,” the staff report states.
* A group of 10 residents, local leaders and other PUSD stakeholders will be appointed to the district’s 7-11 District Advisory Committee, pending the school board’s approval Thursday. The group will advise the district on what to do about district properties that are “no longer needed for school purposes.”
* Trustees will be looking to approve the Classified School Employees’ Association, Chapter 155 — the union representing classified employees — and the district’s initial bargaining proposals for the 2025-26 school year.
Both parties have agreed to reopen negotiations for the following articles: health and welfare benefits, wages, and term and reopeners. CSEA has also requested to reopen the reclassification article and is looking to propose a new article to “address technological change.” The district has also requested to reopen the hours article and the evaluation procedure article.
* Staff will be presenting information regarding student performance and equity-based strategies to help address equity gaps that “exist along historic and systemic education lines.”
“This presentation provides an overview of student performance trends and equity-based strategies in PUSD, highlighting both areas of strong achievement and persistent opportunity gaps for specific student groups,” according to the staff report. “Staff will share how data-driven systems … are being used across schools to address equity, along with case studies and next steps to strengthen outcomes for all students.”
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