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Board extends superintendent contract, aligns compensation with bargaining agreements and approves counselor tentative agreement
Summary
Trustees voted to extend the superintendent's contract two years and instructed staff to provide compensation terms matching those approved for other district bargaining units; the board also approved a tentative agreement with the Sweetwater Counseling Guidance Association.
The Sweetwater Union High School District Board of Trustees voted May 12 to extend Superintendent Moises Aguirre—s employment through June 30, 2029, and to direct staff to provide him the same compensation adjustments approved for other district bargaining units.
The motion, as stated on the record, directed the superintendent to be provided "what every other employee in the district is receiving," and included a two-year extension of the employment term. The motion passed 3-0 with two trustees absent.
Compensation context and bargaining Board members and district staff framed the motion as parity with other bargaining units. The clerk and legal counsel explained that a board-approved contract extension can specify term and salary but that public agenda language sometimes omits dollar figures in order to comply with Brown Act and Board-recording procedures; the board recorded the motion in the minutes and asked staff to return with finalized salary figures consistent with other negotiated increases.
Counselor tentative agreement The board also approved a tentative agreement with the Sweetwater Counseling Guidance Association (SCGA) by a 3-0 vote. SCGA speakers at the meeting, including Liza Beth Luenson Garcia (SCGA president) and Yumi Saiki (co-vice president), thanked the board and district negotiators and said the agreement addresses working conditions and a new coordinator position to support counseling and mental-health services.
Why it matters: extending the superintendent's contract and aligning compensation with bargaining-unit settlements affects district leadership continuity and the district—s budgetary commitments. The counselor agreement creates a new coordinator role the union said will improve mental-health service coordination.
Process and next steps The board asked staff to present the specific salary and term language consistent with what bargaining units received. District counsel explained how the contract length is allowed under state law and that the board has already set certain evaluation timelines. The district will publish the final contract terms and return to the board with any implementing language.
Ending: With the extension and the counselor agreement approved, the district said it will complete the salary details and publish the finalized contract and the agreement for public record.
