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Votes at a glance: Santa Clara Unified board actions, March 12, 2025
Summary
The board approved a series of resolutions, personnel actions, appointments and consent items; this roundup lists each formal item and the recorded outcomes during the March 12 meeting.
Below are the formal motions and outcomes recorded in the Santa Clara Unified School District Board of Trustees meeting on March 12, 2025. All tallies below reflect votes recorded in the meeting transcript.
Resolutions and CEQA actions - Resolution No. 25-13 (G2): Render zoning ordinances inapplicable to the Scott Lane Elementary School Master Plan. Motion by Trustee Rodderman; second Trustee Muirhead. Vote: 7-0 (all trustees present voted yes; Student Trustee Brown voted yes). Outcome: approved. - Resolution No. 25-14 (G3): Certify CEQA mitigated negative declaration, adopt the mitigation monitoring and reporting program, and approve the Scott Lane Elementary School Master Plan. Motion by Trustee Rotterman; second Trustee Muirhead. Vote: 7-0. Outcome: approved. - Resolution No. 25-15 (K3): Preliminary resolution for reduction of classified service for lack of work. Motion moved and seconded; Vote: 7-0. Outcome: approved. - Resolution No. 25-12 (L2): Amend the district Conflict of Interest Code pursuant to the Political Reform Act of 1974. Motion by Trustee Rotterman; second Trustee Watanabe. Vote: 7-0. Outcome: approved.
Personnel, appointments and reclassifications - K1: Appointment of Susan Jessick as Coordinator of Personnel and School Support. Motion by Trustee Ratermann; second recorded. Vote: 7-0. Outcome: approved. - K2: CSEA reclassification committee recommendations (motion and second recorded). Vote: 7-0. Outcome: approved. - L7: Appointment of members to the Independent Citizens Bond Oversight Committee (multiple named appointees). Motion to approve with a correction to two position labels; second. Vote: 7-0. Outcome: approved. Appointments recommended included: Somaya Pande (parent), Lina Bahai (parent/PTA), Teresa O'Neil (business community), Emily Adarable (senior citizen organization), Gavin Harris (member at large), Susan Marlow (member at large), Felizardo Franklin (member at large). The committee will continue outreach to fill a taxpayers-organization seat.
Consent and other items - Consent items (I1 through I22, personnel and other consent items): Approved by vote 7-0. - Personnel items and other consent approvals (motions recorded): Approved 7-0. - L3 & L4: Notices of exemption under CEQA for paving projects at Hayman and Milliken Elementary and preschool shade structures at Montague Elementary: motions made, seconded and approved 7-0. - L5: Motion to allow submission of a late claim dated 01/16/2025; approved 7-0. - L6: Motion to reject a claim dated 01/16/2025; vote recorded as 6-0 with Trustee Fairchild absent at that roll call (Student Trustee Brown voted yes). Outcome: claim rejected.
Other action items - Action item J2: Board member travel request to Wellness Together conference was placed on the agenda, discussed and then withdrawn by the requesting trustee; no board vote taken.
Notes on procedure and recordings: Nearly all recorded motions carried unanimously in the meeting transcript (either 7-0 or, in one vote recorded with an absence, 6-0). The transcript records Student Trustee Brown casting votes on many items; the district’s practice and bylaws determine the legal weight of student trustee votes for certain matters. Some items (e.g., budget updates, policy first readings) were discussion items and returned for follow-up rather than final action.
If you want a copy of the motion text or the roll-call transcript for any item listed here, staff minutes and supporting documents are the district’s official record.
