Wiseburn Unified board meeting, Sep 10, 2026
1 h 09 min · 5 public speakers
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Wiseburn Unified board approves 2025-26 unaudited actuals financial report on 5-0 vote 1:06:32
- Several speakers at public comment raised concerns about board member stipends and benefits and about a new grading system. 2:55
- A district staff member presented the unaudited actuals, reporting that estimated revenues were at $42.3 million and ended at $42.6 million. 29:33
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Item by item (12)
- Opening and agenda approval 0:03
- Public comment on non-agenda items 2:02
- Speakers at public comment asked board members to give up stipends, reimbursements and lifetime health benefits and said items such as a $5 million agenda item were approved without discussion. 2:55
- Speakers at public comment raised concerns about a lack of clarity in the new grading system and the added administrative work for teachers. 9:22
- A speaker at public comment asked for university acceptance data, an update on a new high school and the metric used to judge the new grading system. 14:01
- Board member reports 15:44
- One board member asked the district to explore bringing Hawthorne PD to offer an e-bike course to reduce fees and said a data center resolution would be presented at the September 24th meeting. 16:01
- One board member said the standards-based grading webinar was useful but said there was still a lot of work to do to address parent concerns. 20:25
- Neil Goldman and Michelle Legaspi described attending back-to-school nights. 21:59
- E-bike course options 28:51
- A district staff member said the district had started conversations with HPD to offer another option alongside the online program. 28:51
- Unaudited actuals presentation 29:33
- A district staff member said the required 3% reserve for the district is $1.4 million and that the ending fund balance of $7.5 million includes unrestricted and restricted funds. 36:34
- A district staff member said the $4.1 million deficit spending gap came from one-time restricted funds received in an earlier year but spent this year. 43:25
- A district staff member said the district was tracking a $900,000 deficit and planned a budget committee meeting, probably in October, and one board member asked that the committee review recurring revenue and recurring expenses. 45:32
- Standards-based grading update 51:09
- A district staff member said 188 people logged into the grading webinar and that the video and answers to questions would be posted on the district website. 51:36
- Superintendent's report 54:51
- The superintendent said meetings with league representatives resulted in agreement that softball, soccer and baseball had space to play. 59:23
- Consent items and heritage resolutions 1:01:42
- A district staff member said one resolution commits to celebrating diversity and the other recognizes National Hispanic Latinx Heritage Month from September 15th through October 15th. 1:02:57
- A speaker asked the board to revisit the list of individuals named in the heritage resolution for next year. 1:04:09
- The motion carried 5-0. 1:06:11
- Rejection of claims 1:06:07
- Approval of unaudited actuals 1:06:26
- Staff members said the item was numbered 10.1 on the electronic agenda, and the chair said the board would go by the topic. 1:07:20
- Equipment lease purchase resolution 1:07:31
- Upcoming dates and adjournment 1:08:34
- The chair said the next regular board meeting would be Thursday, September 24th, with closed session at 5 PM and open session at 6 PM. 1:08:34
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