Measles outbreak Bill brings stability

JUSTIN MIRANDA Features Editor @TheRoundupNews

Measles is a rare contagious disease. Symptoms consist of, but are not limited to, fever, a skin rash, sore throat and runny nose.

Seven cases of measles have been reported around the LA County.

Hundreds of students at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) may have been exposed to measles, and while no cases of the measles have been reported at Los Angeles Community College District campuses including Pierce, there’s potential for the disease to spread to other campuses.

According to Director of the Health Center Beth Benne, cases of measles are caused because people are not properly immunized.

“We can avoid this if everybody got vaccinated,” Benne said.

Benne believes that the students could have been exposed

The that is critical,” Benne said. Measles can be prevented by getting vaccinated with the Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine.

According to Benne, the Health

AB 2160 creates long-lasting jobs

HARLEY DAVIS Reporter @TheRoundupNews

Playground monitors gained a permanent position in the district with the passing of Assembly Bill 2160.

The Bill was approved by Gov. Jerry Brown on Sept. 18, 2018. It went into effect on Jan. 1, 2019. Prior to the Bill, parttime playground positions were unclassified. Unclassified workers did not have permanent status.

Interim President Larry Buckley explained that part-time playground positions did not have specified job responsibilities.

turnover and turnaround as people move on to better jobs, according to Rosky. Because of the new benefits that come with the new classifications being created, the budgets for the jobs are being reassessed.

“Roughly 40 percent of salaries funding is for benefits, so we can estimate that there will be an increase in costs by that much for each job we reclassify,” Rosky said. “For example, if we have $100 thousand in costs currently [for wages in unclassified labor], and we bring everybody over [to classified positions], we will have roughly a $40,000 increase in costs.”