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Bear Valley Unified announces several new hires and recognizes regional classified employee
Summary
The board introduced multiple new hires — including a middle-school attendance clerk, aides, teachers and a district speech-language pathologist — and recognized Becky Murphy as the region’s classified employee of the year; the board welcomed the new staff and took brief questions.
The Bear Valley Unified School District introduced several new employees and recognized a classified employee during the meeting.
District staff welcomed Ally Barney, described in the meeting as a special-education aide with the district since January 2024, who was appointed to an attendance position at Big Bear Middle School. The district also announced Melanie Vasquez will serve as a 1-to-1 aide (the transcript references work at Baldwin Lane and special education classes) and welcomed Alyssa Joel as a new teacher at Baldwin Lane Elementary.
The board also introduced Laura Bauer as a history and social science teacher at Big Bear High School and Christopher (Chris) Upton as the district-wide speech-language pathologist. District staff said Upton is a California state–licensed speech-language pathologist with more than a decade of experience and most recently served in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Board members and staff recognized Becky Murphy in the audience; a board member noted Murphy had been a regional classified employee of the year and recounted that she had been invited to a regional baseball event. The transcript records brief applause and short introductions; the meeting then moved to board members’ questions and brief exchanges with the newly introduced staff.
Where the record is silent: the transcript does not include employment start dates for the hires except for Ally Barney’s start date (January 2024), salary or contract terms, nor does it reproduce full job descriptions.
