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La Mesa-Spring Valley School District board meeting, Aug 4, 2026

26 min

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

La Mesa-Spring Valley board hears report showing 163 students enrolled in extended school year 6:06

  • A staff member reported that the board unanimously approved the rejection and referral of a claim in closed session. 1:52
  • A speaker at public comment asked the district to teach full cursive writing in elementary schools. 2:53
  • The board heard a report on the extended school year program, which a staff member said ran 3 weeks at 5.5 hours per day and enrolled 163 of almost 300 eligible students. 6:06
  • Voice votes were called on board policy updates and on human resources consent items, and no results were announced. 15:29
Item by item (10)
  1. Opening and agenda approval 0:02
    • The August 4th, 2026 meeting was called to order. 0:02
    • Participants on Zoom were told to submit the public comment form by 6:10 PM. 0:20
    • Motions were made to approve the minutes of the previous meeting and the board agenda, and voice votes were called. 1:13
  2. Report of closed session action 1:35
    • A staff member gave the report of action taken in closed session. 1:52
    • The staff member reported that the board unanimously approved the rejection and referral of claim number 2026⁠-⁠008/2606451. 1:52
  3. Public comment 2:07
    • A speaker at public comment said comprehensive cursive writing was not being taught in district schools and said it takes about 15 minutes a day for 2 to 3 weeks to learn the full alphabet. 2:53
    • The speaker asked the board to contact principals to have language arts teachers teach cursive writing in full. 2:53
    • A speaker asked whether there were any Zoom participants, and the meeting then moved to reports. 5:59
  4. Extended school year program report 6:06
    • The director of special education said the extended school year program is mandated by federal law and ran 3 weeks at 5.5 hours per day under a waiver filed with the state of California. 6:15
    • The director said staffing included 21 transportation professionals, 70 paraprofessionals and 16 certificated staff members, with the program hosted at Rancho Elementary and Spring Valley Academy. 10:45
    • The director said the program ran June 22nd to July 10th, with almost 300 eligible students and 163 enrolled, the biggest enrollment in at least 5 years. 12:01
  5. Board policy updates 15:08
    • Item 6A, board policy updates, was introduced, a second was offered and a voice vote was called. 15:08
  6. Business services consent items 15:35
    • A staff member said one institutional membership had an incorrect total and was removed because it was already a 3-year membership. 16:01
    • A motion was made to approve the business consent items, and a voice vote was called. 16:16
  7. Educational services consent items 16:31
    • A staff member said the board meeting software was having an issue. ~16:41
    • A motion was made to approve item 18, and a voice vote was called. 16:54
  8. Expanded Learning Opportunity Program plan 17:12
    • A motion was made to approve item 8B, the Expanded Learning Opportunity Program plan. 17:12
    • A speaker asked whether programs were funded partially through ELOP, and a staff member said ELOP funds primarily fund the ESS program. 17:32
    • A voice vote was called. ~17:55
  9. Human resources consent items 18:02
    • The human resources consent items were introduced, a second was offered and a voice vote was called. 18:02
  10. Board and superintendent communications 19:47
    • Speakers welcomed teachers back for the new school year. 20:00
    • A speaker announced a backpack drive on Saturday, August 8th, from 10 to 2 at Mount Miguel High School, giving out about 1,000 backpacks. 22:32
    • The meeting was adjourned at 6:34 PM. 25:29

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Video: posted by the district as “LMSV Board Meeting, August 4, 2026”