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Porter said the event drew more than 375 certificated staff and represented the highest participation in GATC history. She credited year-long planning by the district professional development committee and collaboration among ATA, CSEA and central office staff, including maintenance, transportation, food services and IT. Porter also noted the committee's prior recognition with a Golden Bell Award in 2023 and said the committee distributed commemorative posters to attendees.

Porter and Pantoja acknowledged work by an in-house graphic designer who produced a conference trailer and thanked CSEA members and other district teams whose logistical support made the day possible.

Ending

Board members and staff congratulated the professional development committee and said they expect continued collaboration on future GATC events.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Board Meeting March 12, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","District staff presented a spotlight on the Great Alisal Teaching Conference (GATC), a teacher-led professional development day that drew over 375 certificated staff and involved multiple district departments and unions.","taxTitle","Alisal Union, School Districts, California","taxId",38577,"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},6279387,"Montebella Elementary highlights growth of dual-immersion program, PBIS and targeted interventions",243,2727000,2970000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2624021-0d9bc1ee9b4d9151e3c7d34ef96e5086&start=2727&end=2970","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2624021-0d9bc1ee9b4d9151e3c7d34ef96e5086/thumbnail_2727000.jpg","/articles/6279387/California/Montebella-Elementary-highlights-growth-of-dual-immersion-program-PBIS-and-targeted-interventions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6279387-219a559cbf208d827a00a2f90ab5ddff/orig.mp4?Expires=1770958929&Signature=frYdSe87~8Jaa3wph5QBhO6lJVRTlDFxbHDhJnr9bsHS2LKO9BLw7gVMPVOKoPksXEqJ00nlkrr5w7RHmz3oTcVCpej7j25WPROFqpF4wvDzEAyayr9xNju2LiUrz9ThkjEudgTjS-I-6I8GPvXDze1A~0vlbnD1X~5sF7xfCEqpQHAaMS6vORvNmS8YVu4lA3W0~qtNrD2JBJ6KuGDhw5~kvtEYM-LRobMkJ6dywAZDLeWE~7TjswJ1dGaToqSwXBkV6rXOAn5rDwG3G3pVkvzJ9r9QsE9uIPuPhoApK~aFCT1wIVKOgdX-pBoSjC7xmqqKIBwk0JEdeXvbcEAWNg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Lilia Balladares, principal at Montebella Elementary School, updated the Alisal Union School District Board of Trustees on the site's enrollment, dual-immersion program growth, student support staffing and positive behavior interventions during the board meeting (meeting date not specified).

Balladares said Montebella began the school year with 812 students and later reported current enrollment as \"780 89\" in the meeting record. She told trustees the school hosts the district's dual-immersion program and currently has 19 dual-immersion classes and 12 English-only classes.

Balladares described instructional supports in place: two ELD/intervention teachers (one supporting Spanish reading for dual-immersion students), speech-and-language therapists, an instructional coach and a counselor assigned to social-emotional work and PBIS leadership. She credited the instructional leadership team (representatives from each grade) with work on common formative assessments, analyzing assessment items by question and using data to shape small-group instruction.

On language proficiency and reclassification, Balladares said the site had a bank of students at English-learner level 3 and that staff expected additional reclassifications this year after LPAC review. She stated the site had \"a total of 35\" (as reported in the meeting) in the reclassification pool and said six students were reclassified last year.

Behavior and attendance work: Balladares highlighted PBIS accomplishments, including a platinum implementation recognition for the second consecutive year. She described school practices to reduce chronic absenteeism: a monthly inter-class attendance competition, positive office referrals called \"pink notes,\" and a small tangible reward program shared at assemblies. Balladares said these practices have raised student engagement and morale.

Board discussion and questions

Trustee Kennedy thanked Balladares for the presentation and asked about the scope and success of the dual-immersion program through sixth grade. Balladares said that dual-immersion cohorts were performing comparably to English-only peers on state assessments and that dual-immersion students were exiting the program bilingual; she cited one sixth-grade dual-immersion cohort with roughly half the students meeting or exceeding grade-level standards in ELA and a strong math showing (specific percentages were shown on the site's slides presented to the board).

Ending

Balladares closed by saying the site is''moving in the right direction with strengthened PLC work, deeper data analysis and teacher-led strategies to support students in small groups.","Montebella Elementary principal reported enrollment figures, growth in dual-immersion classes and several instructional and positive-behavior supports, including reclassification work for English learners and platinum PBIS recognition.",{"_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},6279390,"Alisal Union trustees approve three-year superintendent contract, second interim budget and multiple personnel actions",220,1786000,2006000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2624021-0d9bc1ee9b4d9151e3c7d34ef96e5086&start=1786&end=2006","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2624021-0d9bc1ee9b4d9151e3c7d34ef96e5086/thumbnail_1786000.jpg","/articles/6279390/California/Alisal-Union-trustees-approve-three-year-superintendent-contract-second-interim-budget-and-multiple-personnel-actions","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6279390-dcc8fa88b83dbf2731f90458b9f01202/orig.mp4?Expires=1770958929&Signature=Dwdv3R~gnpt4S4R4jYB~1LnEh21u-bZbLs79rrB2aV0JitQaIeWzXb9YPR5DollmLWeLBn42wnxuIQtBMlzQMepbAxi5ZR0RBdgrJUCqD-v7hZ~aE22i79qgqUrXNAIxCyaML14Zuy074wixrzUm3lO76hv2NUvEdp76Y9Fjhrqi30z75Iw1vp1flr1e9AZi57pTGL0jcwLIuKm4YO3pQBHM4YnizRusTPD-Y5bXyEQls8vukU8Y9WoWWuGEmRpbS~WMgE26tvTYoQeQfksREcIH4iWBLfe4Z6Q6oF0Cbq033F1~jHj~7naZ36tScNvkK6HTsQOMMsyBh9maPjZIJg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Alisal Union School District Board of Trustees approved a three-year employment agreement for Monica Anzo and adopted the district's second interim budget report, along with a slate of personnel and administrative actions, during a regularly scheduled meeting (meeting date not specified).

The board voted to adopt the employment agreement that will run from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028, with an annual salary listed in the meeting materials as $263,000. Trustees amended the contract language to replace the word \"classified\" with \"certificated\" in the indicated paragraphs to reflect Anzo's certificated status. The board also voted to file the district's fiscal year 2024-25 second interim report with a positive certification.

Why it matters: the superintendent contract sets district leadership through the 2027-28 school year, and the second interim certification affirms the district's multiyear budget assumptions and required reserves as staff prepare the 2025-26 budget.

Key details and supporting items

- Superintendent contract: The board approved a three-year employment agreement for Monica Anzo beginning 07/01/2025 and ending 06/30/2028, with the salary figure and participation in district health and welfare plans described in the contract summary read into the record. During the motion the board directed an amendment changing instances of the term \"classified\" to \"certificated\" in the contract text.

- Second interim budget: Staff presented the second interim budget report for the period ending Jan. 31, citing planning factors (enrollment, funded ADA, unduplicated pupil percentage and a COLA of 1.07%). The presentation said the district projects an ending general fund balance and maintains a 10% minimum reserve. Staff recommended the board approve filing the 2024-25 second interim report with a positive certification.

- Other approved actions: the board approved a resolution for budgetary increases and transfers at second interim, approved a memorandum of understanding and revised job description for the district translator/interpreter classification, adopted a resolution reducing or eliminating certain classified positions for the 2025-26 school year, authorized destruction and reclassification of specified records, approved a software/agenda system agreement (\"Diligent Cooperation for Community Platform\"), and adopted new board policies and administrative regulations (Series 3000) covering business and noninstructional operations.

- Appointments reported after closed session: the board announced unanimous (4-0, Trustee Garcia absent) appointments of Avelina Navarrete as principal (effective 07/01/2025), Hema Ashleman as occupational therapist (effective immediately), Rosa Araguin de Salinas as community school site coordinator (effective immediately), and Jesus Valenzuela Felix as community school site coordinator (effective immediately).

Votes at a glance (as recorded in the meeting)

- Employment agreement, Monica Anzo (3-year contract starting 07/01/2025): motion passed in a line vote; Vice President Ocampo: yes; Clerk Beatriz Perez: yes; Trustee Gilpin Pareda: yes; Trustee Jimenez: yes. (Trustee Garcia absent for later roll calls.)

- Fiscal year 2024-25 second interim report (positive certification): motion passed; motion reported moved by Sierra Perez, second by Sierra Jimenez; roll calls recorded unanimous among members present.

- Resolution 2425116 (budgetary increases and transfers at second interim): motion passed (vote recorded as yes by present trustees).

- Memorandum of Understanding with CSEA chapter 577 (district translator/interpreter job description, and revised job description): motions passed on line votes.

- Resolution 242517 (reducing or eliminating certain classified positions for 2025-26): motion passed on line vote.

- Records destruction and reclassification (records damaged by water intrusion; reclassification from Class 1 to Class 3 for records meeting California regulation criteria): motions passed.

- Agreement for Diligent Cooperation (Community Platform / board meeting agenda system): motion passed.

- Adoption of new policies/administrative regulations Series 3000 (business and noninstructional operations): motion passed.

- Closed-session appointments: announced on reconvening to open session, each appointment approved on a 4-0 vote with Trustee Garcia absent.

Board comments and context

Trustees offered congratulations to Monica Anzo and took a brief break for attendees to offer personal congratulations. During the budget presentation, staff noted multiyear projections, step-and-column adjustments for eligible employees and that projections do not include unsettled salary negotiations. The presentation cited Education Code requirements for interim budget reporting.

What the board did not do

Board members did not indicate any further changes to the superintendent contract beyond the wording correction for certificated status, and no additional conditions were listed in the meeting materials read into the record. The meeting minutes show no substantive public opposition to the actions recorded in the roll calls.

Ending

Trustees adjourned the meeting after announcing the closed-session appointments. Several administrative and budget items were referred to future agendas for ongoing monitoring as the district advances the 2025-26 budget cycle.

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Alisal Union trustees approve three-year superintendent contract, second interim budget and multiple personnel actions