Ceres Unified School District (CUSD) classified management personnel holding masters and/or doctorate degrees will be compensated.
The Ceres School Board approved the recommendation with a unanimous vote Thursday evening.
“It’s already offered to certificated staff,” CUSD Assistant Supt. of Business Services Dan Pangrazio said. “All we’re doing is adding it to the classified salary schedule.”
Classified management personnel holding a master’s degree will receive an additional $1,000 per year stipend.
Classified management personnel holding a doctorate degree will receive an additional $900 per year stipend.
“It incentivizes getting further degrees,” Pangrazio said.
The salary schedule changes take effect at the beginning of the 2019-20 fiscal year.
“It was a decision that was easy to make and supported by the board of trustees,” Pangrazio said. “We value all of our employees equally.”
The following employees will be eligible to receive stipends if they earn masters and/or doctorate degrees.
• Administrative Assistant II
• Head Start Site Supervisor
• Custodial and Grounds Supervisor
• Campus Safety Officer
• Assistant Director Child Nutrition
• Administrative Assistant to Superintendent
• Assistant Director Maintenance & Operations
• Assistant Director Transportation
• Assistant Director Information Technology
• Data and System Manager
• Supervisor of Accounting
• Director Child Nutrition
• Communications Specialist
• Director Information Technology
• Director Maintenance, Facilities, Transportation
• Chief Financial Officer and Director of Fiscal Services.
Completed projects
In other district news, the Ceres School Board approved notices of completion for several construction projects.
J.L. Bray & Son Inc. added a six-classroom building and bus loop at Caswell Elementary for $3.2 million.
A $2.6 million four-classroom building was added at Carroll Fowler Elementary.
Both projects were funded by the Measure U Bond.
New employees
The Argus/Endeavor Multi-use room was packed with family members and friends of more than 100 new employees on Sept. 12.
The following new district workers were introduced to the Ceres School Board:
Adkison Elementary
Hannah Menk
Ana Prado-Jimenez
Roberta Riley
Hayley Rovito
Lita Teixeira-Ahrens
Carroll Fowler Elementary
Erika Alarcon
Elizabeth Hernandez
Christine Ibarra
Nereyda Martinez
Ashley Ramirez
Blanca Schopp
Caswell Elementary
Patricia Correia
Angelica Hernandez
Genesis Mejia
Monica Mendoza
Victoria Penaloza
Daisy Ramirez
Gurpreet Shokar
Don Pedro Elementary
Dakinya Rashonazlo
Melissa Ruger
La Rosa Elementary
Anika Brock
Edith Gonzalez
Maribel Moralez-Perez
Lucas Elementary
Sonia Lopez Rodriguez
Melina Ramirez
Sam Vaughn Elementary
Bethany Doty
Manjot Kaur
Sophia Rout
Sinclear Elementary
Amy Souza
Stephanie Wallace
Virginia Parks Elementary
Holly Gaylor
Samantha Gomez Centeno
Debora Rodriguez
Walter White Elementary
Kassandra Gutierrez
Daisy Ochoa
Evelyn Padilla
Nadean Perry
Clarisa Ramirez
Dianna Smith
Westport Elementary
Jasmin Montalbo
Patricia K. Beaver Elementary
Melina Ramirez
Susana Godinez
Blaker-Kinser Jr. High
Jacob Dominguez
Kimberly Flores
Vaneza Torres Pichardo
Cesar Chavez Jr. High
Jordan Abbott
Kate Bigelow
Nicholas Crivelli
Jonathan Davis
Beatriz Flores
Yadira Hurtado Orozco
Brian Jones
Sydnee Tickenoff
Elizabeth Valencia
Mae Hensley Jr. High
Kate Bigelow
Jeffrey Kleiner
Bertha “Alicia” Linarez
Ray Lopez
Sergio Lopez Castillo
Margarita Ramos
Sara Wilson
Argus Continuation High School/Endeavor Alternative School
Tyler Bolton
Salvador Loera
Central Valley High School
Ana Aguirre Naranjo
Alejandro Arzola
April Autrand
Anna Brown
Kyle Cerny
Krystal Cole
Anthony Kasch
Rob Mayben
Marcos Mendoza
Michael Parsons
Jennifer Perez
Aja Scheuber
Ceres High School
Ana Aguirre Naranjo
Andrea Baroni
Edimayri Corrales Ayon
Gurpreet Deol
Leah Grant
Jordan Lefler
Cameron Moscozo
Joshua Mullins
Lizabeth Yepiz-Hernandez
Whitmore Charter
Amed Cazarez
Ashley Maderr-Gill
Allison Mugele
Monique Newton
Enoe Ochoa
Carmen Rivas
Jess Watson
Dana Whetstone
Business Services/Child Nutrition Department
Monica McGowan
Jennifer Montesdeoca
Maria Rosas Zepeda
Matthew Teixeira
Business Services/Technology
Jonathan Slefo
Business Services/Transportation Department
Maria Wolf
Student Support Services/Educational Options
Priscilla Cruz
Timothy Durazo
Martha Gallardo
Brennan Hauser
Vicki Lopez
Wuilfrido Molina
Sahil Soni
Student Support Services/Project YES
Ulises Rosales Jr.
Student Support Services/Preschool
Ashliegh Bain
Kimberly Carr
Lisa Van Scoy
Jocelyn Verdusco
Marilu Villasenor
Student Support Services/Special Education
Kimberly Berbena
Claudia Calderon
Karina Cantu
Emily Farris
Kelly Garcia
Kelly Gloria
Teresa Madruga
Sandra Perez
Victor Santoyo
Meghan Sims
Student Support Services/Student Services Department
Alma Curiel Santillan
Clement Out-Tei
Morgan Parker
