Tehachapi Unified board meeting, date not confirmed yet
39 min · 3 public speakers
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Board approves interim personnel services agreement and underwriter agreement in 5-0 votes 32:30
- The teachers association president spoke at length about a district-level discussion on removing printers from classrooms and said eliminating classroom printers is a mistake. 7:55
- Paul Kaminski asked the superintendent for a report on the printer situation at the next board meeting. 17:23
- The board approved the consent agenda, an agreement for temporary interim chief administrator of personnel services and an agreement with Robert W. Baird and Company Incorporated, each by a 5-0 vote. 30:12
Item by item (14)
- Item 0:30
- Superintendent update 3:05
- The superintendent said enrollment ended last year at 3,978 and was presently 3,975, with 27 students who had attended no days or one day of school. 3:05
- The superintendent said the next board meeting is September the 8th. 3:05
- The superintendent said attendance was running about 0.87 higher than last year, that 1 percentage point brings in around $490,000 and that the district goal is 95%. 5:29
- Teachers association update on classroom printers 7:55
- The teachers association president said there is a current discussion at the district level regarding removing printers from classrooms. 7:55
- The association president said teachers print curriculum, confidential information and sub plans, and that eliminating classroom printers is a mistake that will have long-reaching effects. 7:55
- Paul Kaminski asked the superintendent for a report on the printer situation at the next board meeting. 17:23
- Board communications 17:23
- Paul Kaminski described visiting JMS on the first day of school and back-to-school nights at Tompkins and Cummings Valley. 17:23
- Public comment 17:23
- A speaker at public comment who said they teach at THS asked the board to reconsider the proposal to remove classroom printers and to look for other areas of the budget to trim. 22:06
- Another speaker said JMS still has concerns about being short in administrators and asked that the item be added to a future board agenda. 24:40
- Another speaker spoke about teachers, staff, administrators and the board working together toward student success. 25:55
- Consent agenda 28:48
- Adult education policy first read 30:10
- The board held a first read of Board Policy 6200, Adult Education, which Paul Kaminski said was not an action item. 30:29
- Interim personnel services agreement 30:10
- The board considered an agreement with a CalPERS retired annuitant to serve as temporary interim chief administrator of personnel services. 30:57
- The superintendent said the position is limited at 960 hours and the candidate has 9 years in previous districts. 31:19
- The board approved the agreement 5-0. 32:30
- Underwriter agreement 32:30
- Community colleges data sharing agreement 34:16
- Adult education consortium representatives 35:10
- Certificated personnel assignment resolution 36:03
- Paul Kaminski said the resolution is so the district can have a Spanish teacher at Tila. 36:34
- Cafeteria surplus property 37:20
- The board considered declaring certain cafeteria district property as surplus or obsolete. 37:20
- Future items and adjournment 38:14
- The printer issue was mentioned for next time under future items, and the meeting adjourned at 5:40. 38:14
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Video: posted by the district as “Regular Board Meeting | 8/25/2026 - 05:00 PM”