Adelanto Elementary School District board meeting, Sep 8, 2026
3 h 36 min
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Adelanto Elementary board approves consent agenda 4-0 3:04:35
- Speakers at public comment raised bargaining, the district budget, an involuntary transfer at a school and a fourth grade class taught by a substitute. 35:08
- The board tabled an instructional materials resolution by a 4-0 vote after a district staff member said it could return in October as a public hearing. 2:41:51
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Item by item (15)
- Call to order, roll call and pledge 23:52
- Closed session public comment 24:46
- Miguel Soto Jr. said the board would take items 2 through 4 into closed session and first allowed public comment on those items. 24:46
- Speakers at public comment raised bargaining, unspent funds, Accelerated Reader usage and an involuntary transfer of a library staff member at George. 27:20
- A speaker at public comment said the budget was not included on the agenda and expressed concern that negotiations could stall without the actuals. 42:54
- The board voted 5-0 to go into closed session. 44:05
- Reconvening and agenda adoption 44:06
- Miguel Soto Jr. said the board reconvened to open session at 7:44, that a trustee left at approximately 6:41 PM and that no action was taken in closed session. 44:06
- Christina Steward asked whether the sufficiency of instructional materials resolution should be listed under public hearings rather than staff reports. 2:38:59
- A district staff member said the item should be a public hearing and could be brought back in October. 2:39:52
- The board approved the agenda 4-0. 2:41:17
- Instructional materials resolution tabled 2:41:25
- School recognition 2:41:50
- A district staff member said Gus Franklin Elementary School was named a recipient of the 2025 California Blue Ribbon Award, one of 31 schools selected by the California Department of Education. 2:42:41
- The staff member said the school was the only school in the High Desert region to receive the honor. 2:42:52
- Public testimony 2:44:32
- A speaker at public comment followed up on copy paper deliveries and purchase order times and said parents had questions about Accelerated Reader. 2:47:09
- A speaker at public comment described activities in the Think Together after-school program. 2:50:47
- Other speakers at public comment asked the board not to approve a $7,500 tutor.com proposal and to use a free state service instead, and asked when a fourth grade class would have a permanent teacher. 2:57:35
- Approval of minutes 3:03:22
- Consent agenda 3:03:45
- Legal contract for charter matters 3:04:35
- Christina Steward asked why the district was seeking to bring back AALRR after dropping the firm over a conflict of interest. 3:04:52
- A district staff member said the contract's scope was only for charter school purposes because few law firms had that expertise. 3:05:12
- The motion passed 3-1. 3:07:37
- Special education counsel retainer 3:07:37
- Miguel Soto Jr. moved to approve a retainer agreement with Garcia Hernandez for fiscal year 26-27. 3:07:48
- A district staff member said the district was approaching $26-$28 million of its general fund toward special education services and that the firm would review those services and expenditures. 3:08:16
- The motion passed 4-0. 3:11:03
- Title I assistant principal job description 3:11:03
- A district staff member said the modified assistant principal job description would add an instruction-focused option that allows use of Title I funding for those positions. 3:11:30
- Christina Steward asked whether small schools would still have to share a vice principal, and a district staff member said the current makeup would stay the same for now. 3:12:24
- The motion passed 4-0. 3:13:39
- Excess property advisory committee 3:13:39
- School health services policy and regulation 3:16:13
- Board member reports 3:17:33
- One board member said principals and vice principals were leaving the district and questioned why a classroom at a parent choice school was collapsed. 3:17:41
- La Shawn Love-French offered congratulations on the recognition, and Stephanie Kyer noted back-to-school nights at school sites. 3:21:01
- The board president said the district had operated under interim leadership since February and that the board should not rush the superintendent decision. 3:23:50
- Closing reports and adjournment 3:27:41
- A district staff member said the district would focus on attendance this month and that over 1,000 more students were in the Think Together after-school program than a year ago. 3:32:39
- The staff member said the superintendent search was happening and people would be invited to give feedback. 3:34:22
- The motion to adjourn passed, and the meeting adjourned at 8:41. 3:35:32
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