The Woodland Hills School District board approved two personnel hires by unanimous vote during the Feb. 12 agenda-setting meeting.

Lede: The board voted 9-0 to approve the hiring of Ashley Drisdott as a special education learning-support teacher at Turtle Creek Elementary and Jamieson Spagnati as a kindergarten teacher at Edgewood Elementary.

Nut graf: Both hires were presented at the agenda-setting meeting as requests to allow candidates to resign from their current positions and start earlier with Woodland Hills; the board completed roll-call online voting for both items and recorded 9-0 tallies.

Details: The board sought approval to hire Ashley Drisdott at a salary listed as Master, step 13, prorated to a March 10 start date. A motion to approve the hire was made and seconded; the online vote closed with the ruling, "Motion passes 9 to 0." The transcript records a board member noting the motion and second were made by Mike and Laura.

The board next approved Jamieson Spagnati as a kindergarten teacher at Edgewood Elementary at a salary listed as Master, step 5, prorated; the hire’s specific start date was listed as to be determined. Board members again held an online vote and the clerk announced, "Motion passes 9 to 0." The transcript records a motion and a second for that item as well.

Provenance: The hires were discussed and motioned under personnel items 7.1 and 7.2 during the Feb. 12 agenda-setting meeting; roll-call voting results are printed in the meeting record.

Ending: Both hires were approved unanimously; contract paperwork and start-date logistics will be handled by district personnel offices.