School, classified staff begin negotiations

Negotiations between Colfax School District administration and the classified employee's union began Wednesday, Oct. 5.

School Supt. Jerry Pugh and Business Manager Reece Jenkin met with union representatives Rhonda Pittman and Sandy Heilsberg in an effort to negotiate a new contract.

Last spring, as the current three-year contract had expired, the two sides agreed to extend the contract until a new deal could be negotiated this fall.

“It'll be retroactive, probably,” Pugh commented.

Bus drivers, custodians, maintenance staff, secretaries, kitchen workers, paraprofessionals and groundskeepers...