Desert Sands Unified School District Board of Education

19 meetings on our record, 3 of them from the past year and 16 with unconfirmed dates · 25,898 students · 5 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 15, 2026: Desert Sands board recognizes 24 PBIS schools, hears calls for ASL interpreter coordinator Play 3:13
Next · Tuesday, November 10, 2026: 7:00 PM · Boardroom DEC (District Education Center, 47-950 Dune Palms Road, La Quinta, California) · District posting ↗
Newest meeting we have: Sep 15, 2026 · District's own meeting list ↗ (it may list later ones)

On the board: Humberto Alvarez, PRESIDENT · Michael Duran, BOARD MEMBER · Tricia Pearce, BOARD MEMBER · Linda Porras, BOARD MEMBER · Kailee Watson, Vice PRESIDENT/CLERK

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 56 minTuesday, September 15, 2026Desert Sands board recognizes 24 PBIS schools, hears calls for ASL interpreter coordinatorSpeakers: Kailee Watson, Michael Duran, Tricia Pearce, Linda Porras

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Board meeting · 37 minTuesday, September 1, 2026Speakers: Humberto Alvarez, Tricia Pearce, Linda Porras

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Board meeting · 2 h 05 minTuesday, June 9, 2026Speakers: Humberto Alvarez, Kailee Watson, Michael Duran, Tricia Pearce and 1 more

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The board

Who talks on this board

We compare who talks only where members sat for 8 or more meetings on our record; this board has 3 from the past year on our record.

Runs the meetingHumberto AlvarezPRESIDENT · Trustee Area 2 · shown, not ranked9meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 9 meetings

Members · listed by nameMichael DuranBOARD MEMBER · Trustee Area 510meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 10 meetings Tricia PearceBOARD MEMBER · Trustee Area 39meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 9 meetings Linda PorrasBOARD MEMBER · Trustee Area 410meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 10 meetings Kailee WatsonVice PRESIDENT/CLERK · Trustee Area 18meetings where we identified their voicenamed at 8 meetings

Meetings on our record

Next meetingTuesday, November 10, 20267:00 PM · Boardroom DEC (District Education Center, 47-950 Dune Palms Road, La Quinta, California)Board MeetingThe district’s posting ↗Add to calendarPosting checked Oct 29

All 19 meetings on our record

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance11%4%–20%

Public comment10%3%–18%

Ceremony and recognition9%6%–12%

Safety and discipline0%0%–1%

The two readers didn’t agree on 26% of the time; it counts toward no topic, so every share above is a floor.

Not shown: facilities, closures and enrollment, curriculum and instruction, student services and special education, labor and personnel, governance and policy, routine business, other subjects, whose checks haven’t passed

Public comment

Of the 19 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 13; 8 had at least one.

8 speakers4 speakers4.2 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 3 of the 19 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 15	Sep 1	Jun 9
Michael Duran	Present	Present	Present
Kailee Watson	Present	Present	Present
Humberto Alvarez	Present	Present	Present
Tricia Pearce	Present	Present	Present
Linda Porras	Present	Present	Present

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 0611110 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district