Bear Valley board announces new hires and ratifies 2025–26 salary schedules

The Bear Valley Unified School District announced multiple staff hires and approved salary schedules for the 2025–26 school year during its public meeting. District personnel announcements named new classified hires, including automotive/diesel mechanic Caleb Cubbon; special-education aides Mary Woodhall, Mackenzie Leslie, Robin Tucker and others; custodian Abraham Sanchez; and duty aides Sarah Michaels and Blanca Orozco. The board also introduced certificated hires: counselor Jose Garcia for Baldwin Lane Elementary; elementary teacher Courtney Pinkerton at North Shore Elementary; band teacher Matthew Stickman for the middle and high schools; and student support specialist Chris Leong at the CT high school site. Board members then took formal personnel actions. The board ratified the 2025–26 classified-management salary schedule and the classified salary schedule. The agenda item was presented as a routine annual approval; board members moved and seconded the motions and the board voted in favor with no recorded opposition. Superintendent’s remarks during the meeting highlighted recent recruitment efforts and campus leadership transitions; the superintendent praised principals who attended a recent principals’ conference and welcomed new administrators said to be joining the district in the coming weeks. The meeting minutes do not record individual roll-call vote totals for the salary-schedule approvals; the recorded outcome for each motion was unanimous approval with no opposition noted on the public record.