Critics blasted a decision made last Thursday by Shoreline Unified School District’s board of trustees to cut the hours of a groundskeeper, Ernesto Orozco, from full to half-time while three out of the board’s seven trustees continue to receive voluntary, district-funded health benefits.
Most distressing was the fact that slicing Mr. Orozco’s job from eight to four hours a day will save the district around $25,000—roughly equivalent to what the district pays annually for trustee…