During a closed session announced at the start of the Sept. 18 meeting, the Chino Valley Unified School District Board of Education voted 4-0, with one trustee absent, to appoint Selena Cedillo as assistant principal at Dixon Elementary School and Oak Ridge Elementary School, effective date to be determined.

At the same closed-session report to the public, the board also announced it had upheld the superintendent’s decision regarding a complaint filed against an employee identified in the transcript by a numeric identifier. The board reported no further action requiring public disclosure beyond the appointment and the upheld complaint decision.

At the meeting’s public reconvening, the board declared the closed-session items and the vote tally. The closed-session announcement specified the board had considered existing litigation (two cases), anticipated litigation, public employee appointments (the assistant principal appointment), and a public-employee discipline/dismissal/release matter. The motion to approve the appointment and uphold the superintendent’s decision was recorded as passing by a 4-0 vote with Trustee Smith absent.

The board did not provide an effective start date for the assistant principal role during the public announcement and did not release additional personnel details beyond what is required for public disclosure following closed session.