{"id":192491,"date":"2026-02-25T04:23:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T04:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/192491\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T04:23:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T04:23:34","slug":"employees-rally-outside-bcsd-board-meeting-over-trustees-pay-raise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/192491\/","title":{"rendered":"Employees rally outside BCSD board meeting over trustees\u2019 pay raise"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Employees gathered outside the Bakersfield City School District\u2019s board meeting on Tuesday evening as the board faces criticism over a recent vote to raise its own pay while considering cuts to jobs and programs.<\/p>\n

A source told Eyewitness News the protest is happening because the board approved a pay bump for itself while cutting other positions and programs.<\/p>\n

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Last month, the board voted to increase its monthly compensation from $787 to $3,000. Only one member, Chris Cruz-Boone, voted against the increase.<\/p>\n

The pay raise is tied to a newly passed state law. Assembly Bill 1390<\/a> boosts compensation limits for school board members in large districts. It is the first time those limits have been expanded in more than 40 years.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, according to the meeting agenda, the board is set to consider whether to discontinue and eliminate 21 classified positions, including eight bus drivers. The board is also looking to cut pre-K services, citing \u201ca lack of work and\/or funds,\u201d which would also reduce the number of pre-K teachers.<\/p>\n

This story is developing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Employees gathered outside the Bakersfield City School District\u2019s board meeting on Tuesday evening as the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-192491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}