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A board member said for the record: \"Since the board doesn't vote on coordinators, why do we vote on these coordinators?\" Staff explained the practice change had been requested to include \"coordinator and above\" when bringing personnel to the board for approval. A trustee asked staff to bring back the relevant board policy so the board will follow written policy rather than ad hoc practice.

Why it matters: identifying which positions require board approval affects transparency and normalizes consistent governance; trustees signaled intent to review board policies and practice to ensure consistency.

Discussion vs. decision: the board directed staff to return with the board policy language and to include the topic in the planned board-policy review. No immediate change to individual pending appointments was made as a result of this discussion; staff confirmed they would present the policy at a subsequent meeting.

What happens next: staff will provide the board policy language on appointment approvals (director, principal and above; whether coordinator is included) and the board will consider policy revisions and a planned policy-review schedule so future practice is consistent with adopted policy.

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The board announced it approved an amendment to a settlement agreement tied to OAH case number 2024110491 and a separate 10‑day settlement offer and general release resolving OAH case number 270505050. The meeting clerk reported the first motion approving the amendment was \"made by Trustee Arredondo, seconded by Trustee Garcia\" and recorded the motion as carried unanimously.

In personnel actions the board approved appointments effective July 18, 2025 including: Ariana Feliz Dela Torre as Coordinator of Student Wellness and Attendance; Maria A. Castillo as Public Information Officer; Michael T. Williams as Fleet Services Coordinator; Anna Santa Maria as Coachella Valley High School principal; Alia Morales as Mountain Vista Elementary principal; Bruce Hamilton as Valle Del Sol Elementary principal; Brian Kennedy as John Kelly Elementary principal; Michael Martinez as Director of Transportation; Cindy Harrison as middle‑school principal of Cahuilla Desert Academy; and Melissa Mora as middle‑school principal for Toro Canyon Middle School. The clerk recorded motions for many of the appointments as made by Trustee Arredondo and seconded by Trustee Garcia or Trustee Vargas, with motions carried unanimously as announced.

Why it matters: these closed‑session approvals affect site leadership and district staffing just ahead of the new school year and include settlements of administrative hearings that remove pending disputes from public caseloads.

Discussion vs. decision: the board unanimously announced approvals for the listed settlements and appointments; a public speaker later asked why coordinators are now brought for board approval, prompting trustees to direct staff to return with the relevant board policy for clarification.

What happens next: the clerk recorded the appointments as effective July 18, 2025; trustees asked staff to bring back board policy language regarding which positions require board approval so future practice aligns with adopted policy.

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The board motioned, seconded and called for a vote. The meeting transcript records trustees responding \"Aye\" during the roll call on the motion to repeal the vaccination requirement. The board president announced approval and the item was recorded as carried.

Why it matters: removing a district vaccination requirement changes the district's enforceable employee health policy and shifts the baseline to other governing authorities or district policies for any workplace health measures.

Discussion vs. decision: trustees deliberated briefly; the formal action was adoption of the repeal resolution. The recorded meeting did not include additional implementation details (for example, whether the district will adopt alternative workplace safety measures or how the change affects currently employed staff), and staff were not recorded as providing an immediate follow-up plan during the meeting.

What happens next: the board adopted the repeal; staff and human resources will need to update district policy documents and employee guidance to reflect the change and to communicate next steps to employees and labor partners.

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The allegation centers on layoffs the district issued as part of a fiscal recovery plan and on recent board agenda items that union representatives say reassign tasks once performed by laid-off classified staff. \"We face a very serious situation,\" said Dale Wissman, identifying himself as a CSEA labor representative. He told the board the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) has issued a complaint and that the case could be expensive for the district: \"You will lose this case. You will pay 5 to $10,000,000 back and put them back at your own cost.\"

Why it matters: union leaders said the district has laid off classified employees and then sought contractors to do the same duties, a practice they say is barred by state labor law and PERB precedent. Bianca Lomeli, speaking during public comment, told trustees the contract on the agenda would hire interpreters at $75 an hour for services that had been performed by bilingual psychological technician staff recently laid off: \"This is not a coincidence. It is definitive evidence that the district has unilaterally transferred protected work to outside contractors.\"

Union leaders described recent PERB proceedings and a failed mediation. \"It didn't go well,\" Wissman said of the informal settlement conference, and he described the union's willingness to supply funding concessions to restore jobs: \"We're literally giving you the money to protect the job so you can open up schools to stop your law breaking.\" Joshua Fleming, a Senior Labor Relations Representative for CSEA, said the union will monitor board decisions: \"We are gonna watch every move you make from the Oregon border to Mexico...\"

Board action and status: Trustees removed agenda item 14.1 from the consent calendar for separate consideration. A motion to deny the contract was made and seconded, and the board took a roll call vote; the transcript shows disagreement and procedural uncertainty about the outcome and staff agreed to bring additional clarification back to the board. The board did not adopt a final, definitive disposition of the contract during the meeting.

Discussion vs. decision: union representatives presented alleged legal violations and urged immediate district action and settlement; staff explained the specific 14.1 contract, telling trustees the contract under consideration would provide two speech-language-pathology positions from the vendor while the district needs more (\"district wide, we need 24 speech and language pathologists\"), and trustees asked staff to return with clearer explanation of services and to consider bringing the vendor to a future meeting for questions.

Community impact and clarifying details: union speakers warned of potential reinstatement orders and backpay obligations if PERB or an administrative law judge rules against the district. Speakers emphasized operational impacts at school sites — library closures, missing front-office support, and interrupted services such as interpreters for IEPs and distribution of materials. Staff said the contractor's contract document included a rate sheet for multiple services but that the current approval was for two speech-language positions.

What they did next: the board asked staff to return with clearer documentation about the scope of the proposed contract (which vendor positions would be covered, whether services would be in-person, and how the vendor rates related to the specific requested positions) and to clarify how agenda item 14.1 aligns with bargaining obligations and ongoing PERB matters.

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