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Haynes said committee members believed they had been dismissed without adequate notice or a plan for replacement and cited Education Code requirements and a recent civil grand jury report recommending structural changes to the CBOC. Schneider urged the district to provide oversight documents and utility usage data related to Measure J projects so the committee could verify work already completed.

Trustee Mason said the intent behind updating committee membership was to reopen the volunteer process after several years rather than to silence oversight. Trustee Mason moved — and Trustee Nzewi seconded — a motion that the board recognize and thank the named members for their service and conclude their terms effective Aug. 21, 2025, while allowing a member to continue until a successor is appointed. The motion passed 5‑0.

Board members discussed wanting an independent, functional oversight committee and acknowledged that some committee members had served the maximum consecutive terms allowed by law. Trustees said they would solicit new applicants and preserve continuity where possible while complying with statutory term limits and committee bylaws.

The board’s action read as a public recognition and administrative step to reconstitute the CBOC; the board did not specify a timeline for new appointments beyond the recognition and the reference to allowing members to continue until successors are appointed.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Mt. Diablo USD Board Meeting 6/11/2025 Part2","oneSentenceSummary","After public comment raised concerns about the dismissal or expiration of Measure J Citizens Bond Oversight Committee members, the board thanked outgoing members, concluded their six‑year terms and agreed to reopen the application process for replacements.","taxTitle","Mt. Diablo Unified, School Districts, California","taxId",14134,"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},6553221,"Board reports settlements approved in closed session for two employment/litigation matters",125,265000,390000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5073585-1beaa3287dab7b8854a21de012aa94bf&start=265&end=390","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5073585-1beaa3287dab7b8854a21de012aa94bf/thumbnail_265000.jpg","/articles/6553221/California/Board-reports-settlements-approved-in-closed-session-for-two-employmentlitigation-matters","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6553221-fcee3703ef082e347c65864368ebc186/orig.mp4?Expires=1770448190&Signature=YPLwEI6~o8vNwAnVP6JbGOUOhX~4GWUTPsop7U31e6fYOt0QWBGnePKYEcRIGfg0zPvTqfw-AiDB1xtIFzCfEULkwTtl5o~OPlHBKpPJapGukUPZ8HpLQ6gvWd2YUiv5EsAJONabYh5zEQLLEj0I1xkASEr4fGTX4esx0hz84MPjwIAlIG7Gcdy5XV21Ks5IR2hoMaYQP50gsa--i6lPFCTWdO0CP0U64jKw6loIh8EvBr0j18WA4oTvRC4d-KZIWh-BgzbwkM2Uyj-YChDiXE5e4Nn2HBwzGHwADd3mNFy6KC7dJp54aUZ--LV3t0LFjld8DGm1tzloB2h12bKGvA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Mount Diablo Unified School District Board of Education reported out on closed‑session legal matters at its June 11 meeting.

Board President Mayo said the board met in closed session with legal counsel under Government Code section 54956.9 to discuss existing litigation and that the board approved settlement actions by a 5‑0 vote in both matters reported.

The matters described in the report were:

- JD et al. v. Mount Diablo Unified School District, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, case number given in the report; the board approved an amendment to a settlement agreement up to the stipulated amount and according to the settlement terms.
- Munhall v. Mount Diablo Unified School District, Department of Industrial Relations, state case WCCM812190; the board approved a settlement agreement according to the settlement terms.

The board did not disclose settlement amounts or further terms during the public meeting beyond the statements that the approvals were consistent with counsel’s recommendations and with the Government Code authority cited.","At the June 11 meeting the board reported that it met in closed session under Government Code 54956.9 on two existing‑litigation matters and approved settlement agreements consistent with counsel recommendations.",{"_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},6553226,"Board approves multiple appointments and personnel actions, names student board member",511,1709000,2220000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5073585-1beaa3287dab7b8854a21de012aa94bf&start=1709&end=2220","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5073585-1beaa3287dab7b8854a21de012aa94bf/thumbnail_1709000.jpg","/articles/6553226/California/Board-approves-multiple-appointments-and-personnel-actions-names-student-board-member","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6553226-4712514af33d0a3827df6ec3e19e23cf/orig.mp4?Expires=1770448190&Signature=jkcB4xcNXVFWcNrWHcHz8SYIRhM2S0OST5BACKWU67qMtl21XvCFI3E~QGEcozTvmlxXNEyYNEuSMSwUJMa8GELGNQ4XAalJ6laHK0fNyrEXKGOmhwSBnNqzxUuRjTP2aOYm-In7PmLUiUD6O37KH3Y8iZ-XRHhGyS1HJdmDKyUsLrEesb0~hubWzgSLtP4icpy99jfRov3vdKfHSt8JeK6v2OeVeLfDghwTi8LFuz87OE6vVhjSQGhdbBgOTnCiFlekusp9alqe0-srK2w1kZg6sWmYh8aif4FiGXNFkU9oyq0bWtgIrQw1mS1xtKRlaT0eeuKZQ6W1b8yuHz7ljA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Mount Diablo Unified School District Board of Education approved a series of personnel appointments and related employment actions during its June 11 meeting.

Staff presented a set of appointments from Human Resources and asked the board to confirm each. The board voted, by recorded motions and seconds, to approve the following (motion details and vote tallies recorded at the meeting):

- Alan Barrera Orellana — appointment as student board member for the 2025–26 school year; motion carried (vote recorded as 5‑0‑0‑0). He will take the oath at the August 13 board meeting.
- Ryan Sheehy — appointment as Chief of Human Resources; motion by Trustee Mason, second by Trustee McDougall; approved 5‑0‑0‑0.
- Leonie Medina Estrada — appointment as Executive Director of Human Resources and Risk Management; motion by Trustee Kount, second by Trustee Mason; approved 5‑0‑0‑0.
- Keisha Emmendorfer — appointment as Director of Human Resources; motion by Trustee Nzewi, second by Trustee Mason; approved 5‑0‑0‑0.
- Martha Thomas — appointment as Director of Assessment, Research and Evaluation; motion by Trustee Mason, second by Trustee McDougall; approved 5‑0‑0‑0.
- Brenda Barbara — appointment as Director of Budget, Accounting and Fiscal Compliance; motion by Trustee Kount, second by Trustee Nzewi; approved 5‑0‑0‑0.
- Matthew Rosso — appointment as Director of Technology and Innovation; motion by Trustee Kount, second by Trustee McDougall; approved 5‑0‑0‑0.
- Nicole Bergland — appointment as principal, Walnut Acres Elementary School; motion and second recorded; approved 5‑0‑0‑0.
- Jeannie (Jeanne) Johnson — appointment as principal, El Dorado Middle School; approved 5‑0‑0‑0.
- Jamie Keith — appointment as principal, Valley View Middle School; approved 5‑0‑0‑0.
- Dr. Ronald Richardson — appointment as principal, College Park High School; approved 5‑0‑0‑0.
- Megan O’Malley — appointment as principal, Prospect Continuation High School and Horizon Center for Independent Study; approved 5‑0‑0‑0.

The board also approved a first amendment to the employment agreement for Suzanne Starczyk Kim as general counsel (amended term through Feb. 28, 2028; salary and step referenced in the amendment). A motion for that amendment carried 5‑0‑0‑0.

All appointment motions were introduced by Human Resources and individually moved and seconded at the meeting. Newly appointed staff spoke briefly after approval and were welcomed by trustees.","The board unanimously approved a slate of administrative appointments, a student board member, and a first amendment to the general counsel employment agreement. Votes were recorded as 5–0 across items.",{"_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},6553230,"Adult‑education ESL instructors urge pause on cuts, ask for audit after summer‑school cancellations",320,519000,839000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5073585-1beaa3287dab7b8854a21de012aa94bf&start=519&end=839","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5073585-1beaa3287dab7b8854a21de012aa94bf/thumbnail_519000.jpg","/articles/6553230/California/Adulteducation-ESL-instructors-urge-pause-on-cuts-ask-for-audit-after-summerschool-cancellations","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6553230-a2d66aa33ea2c308ad412844aec3f112/orig.mp4?Expires=1770448190&Signature=iYqaFv2PqR~kLSMmZ1lKfPUqZbzcGYmI1mRB5sCIIYx-PP2yBSe0p3SDSnwxqnJb2qoZG4TsSIFOmDxXrmGjnN5c-oxhbOt8ajb-DGgvGAxiOIp0gBnJc-P44f7yGxw32MXBt5MBEEbhWKJ~AMvER-KHVtJRN9QYO0WDWh2aZgThEwgFVUgze3oe9RmT8ylfyKVmDobKqgWRLToxG7sezfsZJOoA6ujeuTcWTGP-S1m-LhSZ3L0DmhS4TYvViEyCrdNEOPrzTo5rnSrds7Ja2ts18aL0aBgGH42yT5FVT3qoYTt05uxn2h3LrM0wgu-5nDU77auG5kjghjEEnD2OUg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At the Mount Diablo Unified School District meeting June 11, several part‑time adult‑education English‑as‑a‑Second‑Language instructors used public comment to urge the board and superintendent to halt cuts and to review past budget decisions.

Speakers, including Alyssa Steckel, Maren (Maureen) Anton, Tatiana Dutra Emilio, Amanda Sakatz and others, said summer school had been canceled this year and that staff and students had received little advance notice. Several described promises from administrators that pay increases were forthcoming and said those raises had not been implemented. Alyssa Steckel said many instructors were told raises would be retroactive and that, “based on WIOA funding data and a history of funds returned unspent, we believe that it is not exactly correct that there was no budget available for ESL summer school.”

Amanda Sakatz, who identified herself as a Pleasant Hill council member but spoke in her capacity as a Monte Alba adult‑education instructor, said the administration had not offered the usual pre‑fall assignment queries to teachers and that registration staff reported plans to reduce teachers and place more students in each classroom. Several speakers asked the district to examine administrative staffing levels as an alternative to cutting instruction and to investigate whether state grant funds were returned unspent.

Multiple speakers thanked the board for recognizing their petition to join the MEDEA (Mount Diablo Educators Association) union; they said they hoped recognition would help secure higher pay and job protections. Speakers asked the board to pause cuts or layoffs in adult‑education ESL programs until a full budget review or audit addressed the teachers’ concerns.

No formal action was taken on the public comments at the meeting.","Multiple adult‑education ESL instructors told the Mount Diablo Unified board they face cancelled summer classes, unresolved promised raises and potential layoffs; speakers urged a budget review and asked the district not to cut ESL positions.",{"_33":113,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":114,"_41":115,"_43":116,"_45":117,"_47":118,"_49":119,"_51":120,"_53":121,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":122,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":123,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6553235,"Mount Diablo Unified holds public hearings on draft LCAP and proposed 2025–26 budget amid deficit projections",3832,8453000,12285000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5073585-1beaa3287dab7b8854a21de012aa94bf&start=8453&end=12285","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5073585-1beaa3287dab7b8854a21de012aa94bf/thumbnail_8453000.jpg","/articles/6553235/California/Mount-Diablo-Unified-holds-public-hearings-on-draft-LCAP-and-proposed-202526-budget-amid-deficit-projections","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6553235-b6d560e5fa3f0825f095d72e1e3eda5c/orig.mp4?Expires=1770448190&Signature=ZfZ~mSTiM92JC~7GClZWBjpbvqqDrAkWVNnVwnQPHX09hmKHiJVo9sGkfJ67o-2RQjDIBuYYwurrjX8D3fICSfToQDpglQdKQ2UDX8PS-NWAl-wFw6qvHQddbL2WD6UrZEAvGUB4tUU6b8t2r72KcSoaTlrsSJCy5WDKBLwFaDyQnSZlk3YKdsf69SE4Lv3FZOUxhV5dWzErrYjxit2W~x9XP3RrWu64xKnZSV479sB09c5-hI-ih0pXATLzyveZ5sQV6fnKzQzBo~eYIAWxyFetzrShanAbSTok1oPn4e~WxFlRk8ospyfVDvF8fKTuKmLvjmc6juitdeZDXMAuoQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Mount Diablo Unified School District Board of Education heard a draft Local Control and Accountability Plan and a proposed 2025–26 budget during public hearings June 11.

District staff presented the LCAP draft and a high-level review of the budget. Superintendent Adam Clark and LCAP presenters described the LCAP as a three-year strategic plan that sets goals, actions and metrics for standards‑based instruction, staff development, family and community engagement, and targeted support for student groups including long‑term English learners. Christina Filios and Samantha Allen and other staff said the draft incorporates feedback gathered this spring from more than 1,800 parents, community members and staff and more than 3,500 students.

Why it matters: the LCAP guides how district and state supplemental funds are used to support unduplicated pupils (students who are English learners, foster youth or eligible for free or reduced-price meals) and ties those uses to measurable outcomes. The proposed budget determines whether the district can sustain programs the LCAP calls for.

In the budget presentation, Executive Director of Fiscal Services Gustavo Aguilera and other business staff said the district projects 2025–26 revenues of about $470 million, with the Local Control Funding Formula providing roughly $353 million (about 75 percent of total). Projected expenditures total about $515 million. The district tied roughly $67 million of planned spending directly to LCAP actions and services. The proposed budget shows a planned operating deficit of $44.3 million in 2025–26 and uses assigned and committed reserves to remain solvent; staff projected an ending fund balance of roughly $114 million across funds in the proposed budget.

Staff noted several uncertain state items that could change the outlook: a proposed additional TK add‑on and a one‑time student support/professional‑development block grant were still undetermined. If enacted as written, those items could materially improve the district’s three‑year projection; staff cautioned that legislative proposals change and recommended not budgeting those one‑time items until final enacted amounts are clear. Staff also said the district is planning for possible reductions in the second and third out years to limit longer‑term deficit exposure.

Board members and public speakers asked questions about how the LCAP and budget fund class size reductions, where supplemental dollars are spent, and how the district will prioritize limited resources. Trustee discussion repeatedly stressed uncertainty at the state and federal levels and the need to preserve reserves while targeting resources to classroom instruction.

The board opened and then closed the required public hearings. No adoption of the final LCAP or the budget occurred at the June 11 meeting; the board scheduled final adoption of the 2025–26 budget and further LCAP action at the June 25 meeting. Staff encouraged stakeholders to submit written LCAP feedback by email and said printed and translated drafts were available.

Looking ahead: the district will return to the board for final action after the legislature’s budget negotiations and before the July 1 statutory deadline to adopt a budget; staff said any material changes required by the enacted state budget would be presented in an August 45‑day revision if necessary.","Superintendent and district staff presented a draft three‑year Local Control and Accountability Plan and a proposed 2025–26 budget showing a projected $44.3 million operating deficit; board opened public hearings and will return June 25 for budget adoption.","actionData","errors"]

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