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Alisal Union Elementary School District board meeting, Aug 26, 2026

2 h 43 min · 4 public speakers

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Alisal Union board approves movie license, executive pay correction on 4⁠-⁠1 votes 1:34:32

  • The board heard presentations from the district's nutrition services and early learning departments, and Beatriz Perez asked about a preschool waitlist and capacity. 27:02
  • The board approved a movie license renewal 4 to 1 after one board member said $7,000 was too much money for the license. 1:21:45
  • Requests for additional paraeducator and custodian positions passed 5 to 0. 1:35:35

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Item by item (12)
  1. Opening items and agenda adoption 0:50
    • The meeting was called to order at 5:30, followed by roll call and the Pledge of Allegiance. 2:17
    • A motion carried 5 to 0. 11:12
  2. Spotlights and recognitions 3:20
    • District staff members presented an update on the 2026 New Teacher Academy held July 23rd through the 25th. 4:49
    • A presenter said the district welcomed 16 new teachers and 6 late hires for the 2026⁠-⁠27 school year. 6:45
    • A district staff member said all 12 district schools were recognized by California PBIS. 9:24
  3. Public comment on community schools 11:12
    • Speakers at public comment asked the district to collaborate with parents so that each school becomes a community school and to offer bilingual programs. 13:59
    • A speaker at public comment described state investments in community schools and said the group wanted to collaborate with the district. 21:17
  4. Nutrition services department presentation 27:02
    • The nutrition services director said the department serves about 6,848 students and averages a little over 14,000 meals a day, and described a shift toward scratch cooking. 27:35
    • The director said the district received $1.8 million in kitchen infrastructure funds and a new set of a little over $296,000 to spend by June 30th, 2028. 27:35
    • Leticia García asked about reusable trays, and Jesús Velásquez asked whether the department could supply food for district events instead of outside vendors; the director said the department could look into it. 43:52
  5. Early learning and prekindergarten presentation 57:16
    • The director of early learning programs said the district has 460 transitional kindergarten students, up from 437 last year, and 91 students at the Buckhorn Early Learning Center with 30 on a waitlist. 58:33
    • Robert Ocampo asked about the Buckhorn center, and the director said the program offers 3 hours now and is working toward full daycare. 1:04:54
    • Beatriz Perez asked about the waitlist, and the director said state preschool capacity is 144. 1:10:16
  6. Board member and superintendent reports 1:12:27
    • Robert Ocampo said they attended the district convocation. 1:12:39
    • Beatriz Perez congratulated schools on the PBIS awards. 1:15:25
  7. Consent agenda 1:15:49
    • Jesús Velásquez asked to pull item AI, the Swank movie license. 1:17:45
    • Leticia García said that for the past couple of years the board has been asking for information on how well programs are doing at school sites and how it knows whether they are working. 1:22:53
    • One board member said the consent agenda included about 15 different instructional programs and asked why the district does not use the same programs at every school, citing the Orenda study. 1:26:26
  8. Movie license renewal 1:31:14
    • A staff member said the license covers 15 sites and is used for after-hours fundraising and community events, not classroom viewing. 1:20:41
    • Jesús Velásquez moved not to adopt the license, and the motion received no second; Robert Ocampo then moved to approve it. 1:31:34
    • Robert Ocampo said a lawsuit would likely cost more than $7,000. ~1:33:40
    • The motion carried 4 to 1. 1:34:32
  9. Human resources position requests 1:34:32
    • The board considered requests for additional paraeducator and custodian positions and a job title change for a preschool to 3rd grade alignment manager. 1:34:32
    • A speaker said the 4 custodian positions would be split between sites because of expanding programs and modernization projects. 1:37:31
    • The request for 4 additional full-time equivalent custodian positions passed 5 to 0. 1:36:45
  10. Administrative services and board policies 1:38:10
    • The board considered a reimbursement for Trustee Leticia Garcia to attend events, a revised bylaw on limits of board member authority and a revised policy on superintendent duties. 1:38:10
    • The reimbursement motion carried, the bylaw passed 5 to 0 and the superintendent duties policy motion carried. 1:38:46
  11. Executive compensation correction 1:39:56
    • Under the amendment as read at the meeting, the assistant superintendent would receive a one-time payment of $4,194.27 for the 2025⁠-⁠26 school year to correct an inadvertent omission. 1:40:49
    • One board member said the district should look at cutting at the top and said, "I do not agree with this." 1:42:08
    • The motion carried four to one. 1:42:31
  12. Future agenda items 1:42:31
    • Future agenda items listed included school presentations, a department presentation and unaudited actuals. 1:42:31
    • After closed session, it was reported that the board took action on a vote of 5 to 0 to ratify policy claim number MT-6308. 1:43:39

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