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Wiseburn Unified board meeting, Aug 20, 2026

1 h 41 min · 3 public speakers

Budget cuts and layoffs ▶ 5:26

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What happened at this meeting

Wiseburn board approves girls flag football as CIF-sanctioned sport 1:24:29

  • A district staff member gave an update on the Measure EE bond program, covering summer projects and a proposed architect for a TK classroom expansion. 10:53
  • A staff member presented the pilot of a new achievement report that replaces letter grades with proficient, developing and beginning ratings tied to state standards. 53:41
Item by item (14)
  1. Opening and agenda adoption 0:03
    • The presiding officer said the board had nothing to report from closed session because no actions were taken. 1:00
    • The agenda was approved 5⁠-⁠0. 1:32
  2. Public comment on non-agenda items 1:56
    • A speaker at public comment said a survey found about 500 students reported racial bullying and called for transparency and anti-bullying efforts. 3:11
    • A speaker at public comment raised a $900,000 deficit and questioned the board's spending of $100,000 on an outside law firm. 5:26
    • A speaker at public comment asked the district for help resolving overlapping reservations of the Wiseburn Middle School softball field with AYSO on Facilitron. 9:21
  3. Measure EE bond program update 10:53
    • A staff member said the Delaire soccer field replacement was complete, with a punch walk scheduled for Tuesday. 11:35
    • The staff member said door access hardware was delayed, teachers would start the year using keys, and installation would take about 2 months. 20:50
    • The staff member said the TK expansion proposal from PBK included a $10,500 feasibility study and $165,000 for design, for a not-to-exceed total of $175,500, and that the district had received $3.7 million under the Inflation Reduction Act against an original estimate of $3.3 million. 24:44
  4. Board member reports 40:32
    • Rebecca Hamburg-Cappy spoke about the partnership with the Chargers and the proposal to approve girls flag football as a CIF-sanctioned sport. 41:15
    • Nelson Martinez said they attended the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee tour on August 3rd. 45:07
    • Neil Goldman asked for an update on the cost of attorney fees for California Privacy Rights Act requests. 49:15
  5. Achievement report pilot update 50:18
    • A staff member said the new report would rate students as proficient, developing or beginning on grade-level standards. 54:05
    • The staff member said 58 teachers signed up for the pilot, including an additional 44 beyond the design team, and a community webinar was set for September 8th. 1:07:57
    • A question was raised about how the new assessments would apply to students with IEPs. 1:10:50
  6. Anti-bullying partnership and policy update 1:13:13
    • A staff member described a proposed middle school partnership focused on anti-bullying and said the lowest survey response, 77%, concerned bullying related to race and ethnicity. 1:13:27
    • The staff member said the directory information policy does not propose that the district publish a family directory. 1:20:18
  7. Superintendent report on legal fees 1:22:00
    • A staff member said the district uses 3 law firms and would bring back a side-by-side comparison of legal costs paid from bond funds and the general fund. 1:22:21
  8. Consent items 1:23:08
    • In response to a question, a staff member said the lunch assist contract helps the district with food service reporting and claims to the state and federal governments. 1:23:46
    • Consent items 9.1 through 9.20 were approved 5⁠-⁠0. 1:24:29
  9. Girls flag football sanctioning 1:24:29
    • The board considered approving girls flag football as a California Interscholastic Federation-sanctioned sport for Wiseburn Da Vinci Schools. 1:24:29
    • The motion carried 5⁠-⁠0. 1:24:29
  10. Board policies on second reading 1:25:22
    • The board considered policies on educational technology and student screen time and the release of directory information. 1:25:22
    • The motion carried 5⁠-⁠0. 1:26:04
  11. Solar project notice of completion 1:26:04
    • A staff member said the solar system had been essentially complete for a year and a half and the action would allow release of the retention. 1:27:03
    • The motion carried 5⁠-⁠0. 1:27:58
  12. TK classroom conversion design agreement 1:27:58
    • The board considered an agreement with PBK for architectural design services for the transitional kindergarten classroom conversion, paid from Measure EE bond funds. 1:27:58
    • The motion carried 5⁠-⁠0. 1:28:34
  13. Sponsorship agreement with Fabletics 1:28:34
    • A staff member said the sponsorship with Fabletics LLC would put money into the district's deferred maintenance account. 1:28:34
    • The motion carried 5⁠-⁠0. 1:30:19
  14. Instructional aide and management salary schedules 1:30:15
    • Neil Goldman made a motion on 13.1 and 2. 1:30:39
    • A staff member said the instructional aide position would be split into general education and special education job descriptions with separate salary schedules. 1:30:54
    • The staff member said school psychologists had been among the lowest paid in comparable districts and that after the revision the district would rank between 2 and 3. 1:31:44
    • Items 13.1 and 13.2 were approved 5⁠-⁠0. 1:40:11

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