Coalinga-Huron Joint Unified School District (PERB 2180E)

STATE OF CALIFORNIA
DECISION OF THE
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS BOARD
COALINGA-HURON JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT,
Employer,
and
COALINGA-HURON TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION,
Exclusive Representative.
Case No. SA-UM-782-E
PERB Decision No. 2180
May 26, 2011
Appearances: 	Carl B. A. Lange, Labor Relations Consultant, for Coalinga-Huron Joint Unified
School District; Ballinger G. Kemp, Attorney, for Coalinga-Huron Teachers Association.
Before Martinez, Chair; McKeag and Dowdin Calvillo, Members.
DECISION
McKEAG, Member: 	This case comes before the Public Employment Relations Board
(Board) on appeal by Coalinga-Huron Joint Unified School District (District)
of
a proposed
decision by an administrative law judge (ALJ) granting a petition for unit modification filed by
the Coalinga-Huron Teachers Association. The petition sought the inclusion
of
school
psychologists into the District's certificated bargaining unit. 	The ALJ granted the petition after
finding a community
of
interest between the psychologists and the employees 	the
certificated bargaining unit.
By letter dated January 29, 2011, the District notified the Board that the parties have
resolved their dispute regarding the unit placement
of
the psychologists and requested the
withdrawal of its appeal. 	The Board has reviewed the entire record in this matter and finds the

withdrawal to be in the best interests
of
the parties and to be consistent with the purposes
of
Educational Employment Relations Act (EERA). 1
ORDER
The request by the Coalinga-Huron Joint Unified School District to withdraw its appeal
in Case No. SA-UM-782-E is hereby GRANTED.
Chair Martinez and Member Dowdin Calvillo joined in this Decision.
1 EERA is codified at Government Code section 3540 et seq.
2