Board approves 2025-26 classified calendar, adopts policy revisions and moves to closed session on labor negotiations

Mr. Castillo, a district staff member, told the board that the district had completed a successful negotiation cycle with its CSEA members and recommended approval of the proposed 2025-26 classified calendar.

"We had a successful negotiation cycle with our CSEA member family," Mr. Castillo said, presenting the calendar for board approval. A motion to adopt the calendar was made by Mrs. Gomez and seconded by Ms. San Pablo; the board chair announced, "Motion passes." The transcript does not include an on-the-record roll-call vote tally.

Later in the meeting the board considered policy revisions. A district staff presenter said there were no changes between the reading and the current approval draft and recommended the board approve the revisions as submitted. A motion to approve the policy revisions was made with the previous motion by Mrs. Brown and the board approved them.

At the end of the open session the chair announced the board would convene an executive (closed) session at 7:03 p.m. to discuss labor negotiations in a confidential dispute matter. No details or outcomes of the closed session were discussed in the public transcript.

The calendar adoption and the policy approvals were presented as routine items; the calendar item was tied to the recently completed negotiations with the California School Employees Association (CSEA). The board did not record detailed votes in the public transcript for these items, and a subsequent closed session was announced for labor negotiations.