Bad blood at Rio Hondo College?

Classified employees are going on the record about Rio Hondo College administrators.

Officials with the Classified School Employees Association, Chapter 477 say they've had problems with the college's leaders lately regarding staffing issues, in particular two employees whose jobs were up for elimination at last week's board meeting.

CSEA protested at the Nov. 12 board meeting -- and no one lost their job -- but there's a bigger concern with Rio Hondo's administration, says CSEA Chapter 477 President Lisa Sandoval.

The big problem, she says, is an "us vs. them" attitude that the administration has taken on with the classified staffers, which include receptionists, facilities and maintenance workers and other non-certificated positions.

In response, college officials said they couldn't speak to other people's feelings, but it's "too bad" that some workers were disgruntled and unhappy, and that it sometimes happens at large institutions.

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