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Key approvals included:

- Warrants for the period Jan. 24, 2025 through Feb. 6, 2025 in the amount of $462,914.94. The board reported weekly warrant issuance and approved the report as presented.

- Donations: the board accepted multiple donations during the meeting, including $5,685.80 from the CHS Athletic Booster Club for soccer uniforms and equipment; a $13,000 donation from the CHS Boosters Club for spring athletics and student admission support; a $100 donation to CHS FFA from Gary D. Lamley; teacher-fund donations through Village Properties to a named teacher; a $30,000 contribution from Carpaccabuna to K'8 school libraries (allocated among Aliso, Catalino/Family School, Summerland and CMS); and a $2,500 donation from the local Education Foundation (CEF) for a fifth-grade Revolutionary War field trip pilot.

- The board approved the 2025-26 draft school-year calendar \"subject to negotiations,\" as presented.

- The personnel summary was approved; the public-comment portion included appeals from union leadership about midyear resignations and special-education vacancies.

Motions on consent items were moved and seconded; several approvals were completed by voice vote. The board also removed the Aliso presentation from the agenda before passing the consent agenda.

Why this matters: The warrant approval and donor gifts provide operating cash and program support, while the calendar and personnel approvals are routine but establish the district's administrative framework for the coming year. The public record also captured staff and union concerns about recruitment, retention and district legal spending during the personnel-comment period.

Votes at a glance: The meeting record shows motions were made, seconded and approved for each consent item discussed during the Feb. 11 meeting; the closed-session dismissal reported earlier was a separate formal action announced in open session.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Carpinteria Unified School District Meeting - February 11, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Carpinteria Unified board approved multiple consent-agenda items Feb. 11, including warrants totaling $462,914.94, several donations to athletics and school libraries, the 2025-26 draft school calendar (subject to negotiations), and the personnel summary.","taxTitle","Carpinteria Unified, School Districts, California","taxId",50867,"location","California","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6323244,"Board affirms independent hearing officer and dismisses employee identified as 519 in closed session, 5-0",38,60000,98000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2342873-cc4038f111322070478dadc280278951&start=60&end=98","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2342873-cc4038f111322070478dadc280278951/thumbnail_60000.jpg","/articles/6323244/California/Board-affirms-independent-hearing-officer-and-dismisses-employee-identified-as-519-in-closed-session-5-0","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6323244-5c9f22c9b104fb01f2374856932eb6b2/orig.mp4?Expires=1771187192&Signature=h-2Syd6auFHa0pbU2CgE1dPSb1EJ-vahOKKAN46DxOJUqIR1gGoN6jbWO9u8lESrKN3JrIqmZgMdPQUU222y6k7bdMzJ5HNCZJCPdPaa1XYMs3lpM3egrM77ZFqkSISD5b7~CoPY9pKMjqWzMgrwq90-ssgrEX94PgQoHhBVlcNcrvA6QST176RSqkzqLpL4UtFdGzoFto7AHRZP6aOk4L2vEkoZviZesmWyw387mGUgfdBu50z9Sz4n3uincWQZPwjrHaq5tEsebB8XQ9guB2RCfhRkFaRQS7AnGVzeQpiQa1h40DShp4PWn-olVeYoaC1ppxIWKboiKssfINYaYQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Carpinteria Unified School District board reported Feb. 11 that, following closed-session deliberations under Government Code Section 54957 (public-employee discipline, dismissal and release), it unanimously adopted the independent hearing officer's recommendation and dismissed the employee identified in the record as \"employee 519,\" effective immediately.

The board announced the closed-session result in open session. \"In closed session by a unanimous vote, 5 to 0, the board adopted the decision of the independent hearing officer and approved the dismissal of employee 519 from the position of instructional assistant, effective immediately,\" the district said in its closed-session report.

The roll call vote was listed in open session as: Diamond, Schaeffer, Green, Smith and Bredgford voting in favor.

Why this matters: Dismissal actions taken under Government Code Section 54957 are personnel decisions that boards may announce after meeting in closed session. The district gave the board's formal disposition in open session but did not provide the hearing officer's written decision or additional factual detail during the public portion of the meeting.

The board did not discuss further specifics of the personnel matter in open session. The employee is identified only in the meeting record as \"employee 519.\"","After closed session, the Carpinteria Unified School District board announced it adopted the independent hearing officer's decision and dismissed an employee labeled in the record as \"employee 519,\" effective immediately. The vote was announced as unanimous, 5-0.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6323249,"County auditor briefs board on property-tax process; trustees press for district-specific revenue detail",2354,2969000,5323000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2342873-cc4038f111322070478dadc280278951&start=2969&end=5323","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2342873-cc4038f111322070478dadc280278951/thumbnail_2969000.jpg","/articles/6323249/California/County-auditor-briefs-board-on-property-tax-process-trustees-press-for-district-specific-revenue-detail","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6323249-0379240b231c314f3ae95bfa05e47261/orig.mp4?Expires=1771187192&Signature=iQomGg9rs4svygZZXrV8nwUxq8q0F0UktQY1vW4NXytnH4NNd42Te8i~f4C800XeLzK~stgQ8v3R0sPGoVErcPDogWTwMSxY5l-bfck15IQd1CzMWjP3iB6VxDYTjmX1BlIQLOTh30mLolYPCHiNYCXoUir0npLGTt45GCNPWbaVN9IJT-sl7DoyAbimWMt~Y7q1jU~~1HHEa9hRsGvamzq0TGU4wNaKjEUBLL7YiiKJjZ2QylLOPtn9vaBTMMWlWVXCLkNUqbEp8WDcid-oBODsWkESZO8V316dq19dIYQGNrhU--YAQKDifxlwgt-Z5cWgdiVGN5Qiu-Pzr3kkWg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Santa Barbara County Auditor-Controller's office told the Carpinteria Unified School District board on Feb. 11 how property taxes are assessed, levied and distributed — and why short-term changes in county real-estate activity can make local revenue projections uncertain.

Trevor Lysek, division chief for advanced revenue and tax administration, and Ed Price, assistant auditor-controller, walked trustees through the assessment timeline, the role of tax rate areas (the overlapping geographic footprints that determine how the 1% basic property tax gets divided) and the supplemental and unsecured tax processes.

\"January 1 is the lien date each year,\" Lysek said, explaining how the assessor establishes values for the annual roll and how transfers and new construction trigger supplemental assessments. He also described the AB 8 allocation method that pools countywide taxes and applies factors to distribute revenue to jurisdictions.

Board members asked whether the county could provide more granular, district-level reports. One trustee said public budget planning had assumed assessed-valuation growth closer to 6'to 7 percent, while the county's early roll suggested roughly 4 percent year-over-year; the auditor's office said early numbers can change as the assessor continues to process transfers and remove certain exemptions.

Lysek stressed that only a small portion of parcels (roughly 7 percent countywide in typical years) transfer ownership each year; those turnovers are the main source of assessed-value spikes beyond the standard annual adjustment of up to 2 percent under Proposition 13. He also noted that transfer volume in the last two years has been near a 20-year low in the county, which reduces the likelihood of outsized valuation gains.

Trustees asked whether the county could return an APN-level or tax-rate-area-level documentary-transfer report so the district could quantify local sales volume and value changes; Lysek said the office could look into producing that, but cautioned resources were constrained during a county financial-system implementation and could not promise a rapid turnaround.

Why this matters: Carpinteria Unified is a basic-aid district that relies on local property taxes for most of its revenue. Accurate short- and medium-term projections shape staffing and program decisions; trustees said they needed clearer, district-specific data while drafting multi-year budgets.

Next steps: The auditor's office offered to supply allocation-percentage detail for the tax-rate areas that form Carpinteria Unified; staff and trustees agreed to follow up with written requests to clarify reporting options and timing.","A Santa Barbara County auditor's office presentation outlined how property-tax revenues are assessed and allocated and why district-specific projections can lag. Board members pressed for localized reports to better estimate Carpinteria Unified's revenues amid budget planning.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6323254,"Parents and teachers urge board to preserve Carpinteria Family School and GATE as district proposes cuts",1991,348000,2339000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2342873-cc4038f111322070478dadc280278951&start=348&end=2339","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2342873-cc4038f111322070478dadc280278951/thumbnail_348000.jpg","/articles/6323254/California/Parents-and-teachers-urge-board-to-preserve-Carpinteria-Family-School-and-GATE-as-district-proposes-cuts","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6323254-75ca2c9e802e978eaaea9a7a726c4c7a/orig.mp4?Expires=1771187192&Signature=KJQ~c7wKfQR9NbQnsVrUzQRXHqfz57fj9W-LlFO52GEbCgYW7jiOak2KSWxhaO~mtzA5stPe6H62DUYsVHTx-u7AIrmvz7ETemHaPGQeOxjiRrRamuf~-sTkleNrZt6Uq-Ey1PDnt~vrFKbk1E~VPchfA7xb~Vh5o4FfVkWtzWOicWQpRIGKvNiw9AVUPeOQikQkizrDZf3aiq80VnZQkL4aFpNtp739hkyzFudJxbB-45nwYAZouOuDfjQw~NPQmWn7zkBaEjz7FybZLbDAoATmOzP51EOnmR5UixPaI2iD99mWFofWeFQmX6E-dpmFNEbovx1xmxHxQol2KiXwgg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Dozens of parents, students and teachers told the Carpinteria Unified School District board on Feb. 11 that proposed budget reductions that would eliminate the district's GATE program and shrink or close Carpinteria Family School (CFS) would damage educational choice and harm student outcomes.

Speakers from family-school families, current and former teachers, student representatives and a district GATE coordinator described academic, social and community benefits they said would be lost if the programs end.

\"GATE is being considered for elimination next school year,\" said Crystal Marshall, who introduced herself as the district's gifted education coordinator. \"I strive to be the educator advocate that I needed as a child. All students deserve to make one year's worth of academic growth each school year.\" She said third graders in the program had been building a robot the same day and that those projects are difficult to replicate in overloaded general-education classrooms.

Parents and students described CFS as a multiage, mixed-age program that they said supports social-emotional development, family involvement and strong academic outcomes. \"We moved here because of family school,\" said David Harrows, a parent who described room in a fourth- and fifth-grade family-school class that he said could absorb some displaced students. Fifth-grader Harper Harrows told the board: \"I love this school with all my heart...I would hate for that to stop happening.\"

Several speakers proposed alternatives to outright elimination, such as spreading smaller cuts across programs, seeking lower-cost suppliers for classroom materials, reassigning existing teachers to sustain a two/three split class at CFS, or asking current district teachers if any would accept a one-year assignment to preserve the class while the budget is reworked.

Union representatives and multiple speakers also tied the proposed program cuts to broader concerns over district priorities: rising legal expenses, administrator pay increases during a period when teachers and classified staff report no raises, and staff retention problems. An employee union speaker said the district's annual audit showed underpayments and cited roughly $2.5 million in legal expenditures and a further $1 million in accrued legal obligations this year as drivers of the cuts.

Board members did not take a vote on the program closures that night. Superintendent Rigby presented the budget priorities earlier in public reports and noted that the district has proposed cuts intended to limit classroom impacts; speakers countered that those cuts would still fall on direct student services.

Why this matters: Family School and GATE serve distinct student populations in the Carpinteria district and are cited by parents as a reason families move to — or stay in — the district. Parents and teachers warned that removing both programs could reduce enrollment and circuitously weaken district revenues in future years.

The board did not make a final decision on program eliminations during the meeting. Speakers said they would pursue additional outreach to the board and suggested specific steps — including reassigning teachers and fundraising support — to preserve programs for next school year.

Ending note: Parents and students filled the public-comment portion of the meeting for nearly an hour, with many describing personal experiences at CFS and in GATE. Several asked the board to reconsider the proposed staffing-based cuts and asked the district to provide more transparent alternatives before moving forward.","Dozens of parents, students and teachers urged the Carpinteria Unified School District board Feb. 11 to keep Carpinteria Family School and the district's GATE program amid budget-reduction proposals. Speakers offered alternatives and warned that eliminating those programs would reduce choice and could accelerate enrollment losses.","actionData","errors"]

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