Alisal Union Elementary School District board meeting, Sep 16, 2026
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Alisal Union board approves 2025-26 unaudited actual financial report 1:30:18
- District fiscal staff presented the 2025-26 unaudited actuals, reporting revenue of $174.5 million and an ending general fund balance of $103.1 million, and trustees asked about deficit spending and the retiree benefits fund. 32:02
- A staff member presented preliminary 2026 state test results showing 31.5% proficiency in English language arts and 23.3% in math, and one board member said the district should hold district-wide professional learning committees. 47:41
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Item by item (13)
- Opening items and agenda adoption 4:32
- Spotlights and recognitions 15:17
- The district's visual and performing arts team invited the board to the district's first arts night, titled The Art of Alebrijes. 18:21
- A staff member recognized community school coordinators during Community School Coordinator Appreciation Week. 21:17
- A staff member said 12 staff members and 12 parents attended a summit in Ontario and invited the board to a parent summit on Saturday, November 14th, and the migrant education director reported a 47% increase in funding. 23:19
- Public and association comments 27:43
- There were no public comments. ~27:43
- The teachers association president said members approved a tentative agreement with 95% approval and asked the board not to approve the district's waiver request, saying the district was failing to meet a 60% classroom instruction requirement by almost 13%. 28:48
- Unaudited actual budget report 30:57
- The director of fiscal services reported revenue of $174.5 million, a beginning fund balance of $109.6 million, an ending fund balance of $103.1 million and reserves of 10%, or $18.1 million. 32:02
- One board member asked what was causing the deficit and said the district needed to tighten its belt, and a staff member said the deficit reflected revenue received in a prior year and spent in the current year. 36:18
- Leticia García asked for an explanation of the earlier comment about the current expense of education actuals, and a speaker said the state had not revised the formula's methodology and that one-time monies made the calculation show less than 60%. 42:54
- State assessment results 47:17
- A staff member reported preliminary proficiency of 31.5% in English language arts against a 3-year average of 29.7%, and 23.3% in math against a 21.7% average, with science proficiency at 19.5%. 47:41
- One board member said district leadership should select programs that work and hold district-wide professional learning committees by grade level. 1:02:44
- The superintendent said the district has a district-wide PLC called an instructional leadership team cohort, and a staff member said the CBA does not allow the administration to structure the Wednesday early release time. 1:06:21
- Board and superintendent reports 1:14:30
- The superintendent shared an annual report on community schools. 1:15:26
- Consent agenda 1:16:11
- LGBTQ student and family resource protocol 1:17:17
- A staff member said the program would connect students who identify as LGBTQ and their families with experts and resources, and that it would be at zero cost to the district as an MOU. 1:18:44
- One board member said families should be directed to where to go and that providing the service at school sites was wrong. 1:21:45
- Leticia García asked how referrals would work, and a staff member said the provider would not do classroom presentations. 1:23:03
- A staff member said a majority vote that day was 3-0 and that the item did not pass on a 2-1 vote, and a speaker then said the vote would stand as it went that day. 1:28:28
- Business services action items 1:28:58
- Each motion carried 3 to 0. 1:29:39
- Educational services action items 1:30:46
- Human resources action items 1:32:12
- A staff member said the variable term waiver was for a teacher in a bilingual classroom who was still testing. 1:32:40
- The board also voted on a classified management position and the tentative agreement with the teachers association effective July 1st, 2026. 1:32:59
- The waiver, the management position and the tentative agreement each carried 3 to 0. 1:32:59
- Week of the School Administrator resolution 1:33:49
- Leticia García read aloud the resolution commending school leaders for the Week of the School Administrator. 1:34:57
- Future items and closed session 1:38:19
- There were no public comments on closed session items, and the board reconvened in open session at 7:31 with nothing to report before adjourning. 1:38:19
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What was projected to what is actually coming in? It seems like we're spending more from what we're projecting, um, than what's actually coming in. In pretty much in all, in every adopted interim report.Jesús Velásquez · trustee37:46
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