Board approves fall coaching hires, stipends and high-school trip to New York City

The Central Valley School District Board of Education approved a slate of athletics hires for the 2025 fall season and a preliminary high-school course trip to New York City for March 25–28, 2026. Board Member Ross presented athletics recommendations including paid positions and volunteer roles: middle-school head girls soccer coach at $1,312 (Alexis Reed), middle-school volunteer coach (Thomas Reed) at no district cost, boys soccer head coach Drew Lewis at $1,312, volunteer positions listed at no cost, and high-school volunteer assistant volleyball coach Jasmine Bell at no cost. The agenda lists stipends for certain positions and identifies volunteers as unpaid. The board also approved a preliminary high-school course trip to New York City March 25–28, 2026; the agenda attachment (H) included a list of students requesting to attend. All items were approved by motions and voice votes; the transcript does not include a roll-call tally or further funding breakdowns for transportation, lodging, or student payment responsibility, and it notes that coach hires are contingent on receipt and review of required clearances where specified. No public comments on these athletics items appear in the meeting transcript.