Board reviews personnel actions, extended‑year staffing, graduation list and athletics contracts

Central Valley School Board staff presented a bundle of personnel, education and operations items at the board's May 14 workshop, including approvals for extended-school-year staff, paraprofessional assignments tied to student IEPs, a pending full-time custodial hire, multiple resignations, and athletics- and emergency-transport contracts.

Why it matters: Personnel and operational approvals affect staffing for summer and the coming school year, services for students with individualized education programs, and athletics support and emergencies. Several items were introduced for board consideration; the transcript records presentation but does not show recorded votes on these items during the workshop.

Personnel and special‑education support: Mr. O'Neil, staff member, read several personnel requests. The board packet sought approval of additions to the 2024–25 list of ABC/Fry drivers and aides pending receipt and acceptance of clearances; approval of staff for the extended‑school‑year program pending clearances (Jessica Fosnott, Julie Church, Caitlin Cottrell, Melissa Law, Allison Eady, Jennifer Herrick and Jennifer Lupinacci); and approval of paraprofessionals to provide extended‑year school‑year support services as per students' IEPs from July 7 to July 17, 2025 (Joe Smith, Sue Davis, Shianna Buckler and Mary Class). O'Neil also read a personnel item to approve Ryan Cortis as a full‑time second‑shift flex custodian "pending receipt review and acceptance of all clearances effective 04/21/2025." The transcript lists multiple resignations presented for board acknowledgment, including Caitlin Bickerstaff (building monitor, effective 05/31/2025), Diane Cooper (cafeteria general worker, effective 10/31/2025), Haley Mitchell (paraprofessional, effective 05/31/2025), Tracy Friend (registered nurse, effective June 30) and others; several items were contingent on receipt of required background clearances.

Education program items: A staff presenter identified as Mil Castro, staff member, asked the board to approve release time for staff development, to approve the 2025 Central Valley High School graduation list (the presenter said the final list would be attached and provided next week), and to approve updates to the high‑school program of studies for 2025–26. The transcript includes routine school reports from building leaders noting end‑of‑year testing, ceremonies and student activities; those reports were informational and no formal board action on them was recorded at the workshop.

Athletics and emergency transport: Mr. Ross, board member, read athletics items asking the board to approve summer conditioning programs beginning June 2 and running through Aug. 8, 2025, at a stipend of $10 per hour not to exceed 60 total hours per staff member; to approve Medic Rescue to provide emergency medical transportation for the district at an annual fee of $3,600 for the 2025–26 school year; and to approve adjusted coach salaries/stipends for the 2024–25 softball season. The transcript shows these items were presented for approval; no vote on them was recorded in the excerpt provided.

Context: The board also held an executive session immediately prior to the workshop "to discuss personnel, contract negotiations, and to receive information," a staff member said in the public record; personnel items presented at the workshop were consistent with matters commonly discussed in executive session. Several personnel approvals were explicitly conditioned on receipt and acceptance of required background clearances, as noted in the board materials read into the record.

Next steps: The presented personnel and operations items will return to the board for formal action when appropriate; the transcript records presentation and informational reports but no final votes during the May 14 workshop.