Farmersville Unified board meeting, Sep 8, 2026
2 h 47 min · 2 public speakers
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Farmersville Unified board approves 2025-2026 annual finance report 4-0 1:31:24
- Two speakers at public comment raised concerns about retaliation, transparency, classified employee wages and heat safety for noon duty aides. 7:56
- The principals of Snowden Elementary and Hester Elementary gave beginning-of-year updates on parking, attendance, reading assessments and school culture. 18:53
- A district staff member presented the annual finance report, saying total general fund revenues last year were $55.23 million and total expenses were $53 million, and the board approved the 2025-2026 annual finance report 4-0. 1:24:12
Item by item (14)
- Parent-teacher organization presentation 4:29
- A speaker said memberships in a parent-teacher organization would be free and that becoming a 501 would allow it to take donations from businesses. ~4:29
- Alice Lopez asked whether there would be a membership fee, and Freddy Espinoza asked about food handler certifications and health permits. 4:49
- A staff member said the group had reviewed the wellness policy and that school-connected organizations must follow board policy 1230. 6:48
- Public comment 7:29
- A speaker at public comment raised concerns about retaliation, lack of transparency, a cease and desist letter and work being contracted out to outside parties. 8:32
- Another speaker said the classified salary schedule was being compressed by minimum wage increases and that the COLA of 2.4% was cents on the dollar. 11:30
- A speaker at public comment said noon duty aides had requested canopies or umbrellas for shade and available drinking water. 12:38
- Superintendent's comments 14:52
- Snowden Elementary School update 18:41
- Donation to Snowden student body 28:10
- Hester Elementary School update 28:38
- The principal described a shared vision and code of cooperation adopted by staff and a focus on Tier 1 instruction. 32:11
- Staff and students described PBIS activities, including Falcon Bucks and an attendance week planned for the following week. 42:01
- The principal said the school would partner with the P2 project, known as a positivity project, on character strengths. 44:30
- Hester fundraisers and donations 57:25
- Conference attendance and athletics donations 58:41
- The board considered a donation from Tacos Galácticos to Hester Elementary and attendance at the California All-State Music Education Conference. 58:41
- The board considered several donations to Farmersville Junior High athletics and attendance at an adult education consortium strategic planning session. 59:17
- Each item was approved 4-0. 59:32
- Textbook sufficiency hearing and resolution 1:01:39
- A public hearing on sufficient textbooks and instructional materials for 2026-2027 was opened and closed at 7:47 with no comments. 1:01:39
- Alice Lopez said the motion was based on a Williams visit that indicated there were sufficient textbooks for all students. 1:02:42
- The resolution was adopted 4-0. 1:03:08
- Curriculum agreements and memoranda 1:03:10
- The board considered a memorandum of understanding with the California Association for Bilingual Education and several agreements with the Tulare County Office of Education. 1:03:10
- Alice Lopez asked whether the items that were requested or purchased had come in, and a staff member said the purchases should have already been in. 1:04:17
- Each item was approved 4-0. 1:03:30
- Personnel items and teacher agreements 1:06:31
- The board considered classified personnel items and memoranda of understanding with the teachers association on union president release time and a special education teacher caseload stipend. 1:06:31
- Item 13.8 was pulled. ~1:09:02
- The classified personnel items and the memoranda were approved 4-0. 1:06:52
- Future agenda requests 1:09:28
- Alice Lopez asked about buzzers not working at school office front doors, and Merced Zamora asked whether high school cameras for the NFHS network were running so football games could be broadcast. 1:09:38
- Freddy Espinoza asked about seeding brown patches on fields and purchasing college flags for school sites. 1:10:27
- A staff member said schools sharing students across a grade level take the same field trip under the LCAP. 1:12:00
- Annual finance report 1:13:56
- A staff member said the general fund ending balance was $28.94 million and that a projected $4.8 million deficit would be covered by restricted fund balance. 1:16:47
- Alice Lopez asked whether newly approved stipends were accounted for, and a staff member said the district was good for the next 3 years. 1:27:30
- The board approved the 2025-2026 annual finance report 4-0. 1:31:24
- Fiscal resolutions and conflict of interest code 1:31:26
- The board considered a resolution on apportions limits, a classroom teacher salary expenditure exemption and a conflict of interest code. 1:31:26
- The closed session report stated no action was taken on the conference with the labor negotiator or the conference with legal counsel. 2:45:38
- Each item was approved 4-0, and the meeting adjourned at 9:32 PM. 1:32:00
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