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UPCOMING PRPE Meeting: February 2nd at 4:00 p.m.
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PRPE Negotiations Update
UPDATE #2
PRPE Response to Negotiations 12/11/2025
Your PRPE representatives met with Brad Pawlowski and Shauna Ames today to negotiate the articles of salary, class size and hours.
District administration offered a 1% salary increase on the salary schedule retroactive to July 1, 2025 and no increase to the health benefit cap. In stating that this is the best the District can offer, they included that they are prioritizing maintenance and transportation, moving a total of 2.2 million dollars from unrestricted funds to both of these areas. Your PRPE team questioned these funding priorities rather than proposing a more substantial salary increase that could help mitigate the steady flow of educators leaving the District.
PRPE Negotiations team members further shared concerns regarding staff morale impacting the retention of qualified staff. In addition to cost of living concerns, poor communication from district administration, lack of transparency, and decisions to spend money on specific programs and materials that are unnecessary were all addressed.
PRPE and the District will meet again to continue negotiations on January 21, 2026. The negotiations team will be contacting members about next steps to support the bargaining process.
Your Bargaining Team Chris Cárdenas, Bernadette M. Boddington, Ken Stevens, Tracy Managan, Diane Harris, Brenda Matthysse, Heidi Cooper, Amy Grace, Alex Thompson, Jennifer Martinez
UPDATE #1
Your PRPE Negotiations Team met with PRJUSD today regarding conversations about Hours, Transfers, Class Size, Salary and Health Benefits. The district had authorization for a 0% raise and stated a raise isn't the place to spend the money they do have. They targeted programs/areas where increase could happen (for example, adding a step above year 25). Your PRPE team countered with a proposal for a 5% raise, along with proposing an increase to the district contribution to the health benefit cap covering the full health benefit increase based on the average of the increase of annual health care contribution of all bargaining unit members, both retroactive to July 1, 2025.
We will meet again for Negotiations on December 11, 2025. Please WEAR RED on this day to show our support and unity for Union proposals.
In solidarity,
Your PRPE Negotiations Team
Chris Cardenas, Tracy Managan, Diane Harris, Heidi Cooper, Jenny Martinez, Brenda Matthysse, Alex Thompson, and Ken Stevens, CTA Rep
Thank you Diane Harris and Jenny Martinez for representing PRPE at the monthly School Board Meeting!
Welcome to a new school year PRPE!
Welcome to a new school year PRPE!
We are excited to welcome some of our former Bearcats as new teachers this year! Welcome Holly DiSimone and Loryn Boggs!
Paso Robles Board Meeting
Paso Robles Board Meeting
The Paso Robles Public Educators (PRPE) was formed in 1997 as a result of the unification of the Paso Robles Elementary Teachers Association affiliated with the California Teachers Association (CTA) and the Paso Robles Federation of High School Teachers that was affiliated with the California Federation of Teachers (CFT). Therefore the PRPE is one of only three unions statewide that is merged with our members being members of the CTA, the CFT as well as the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). The other two merged locals are the United Educators of Los Angeles (UTLA) and the United Educators of San Francisco (UESF).
The PRPE represents over 400 classroom teachers, librarians, counselors, speech therapists, independent study, home school and adult school teachers as well as non-classified credentialed nurses.
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