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Santa Rita trustees approve ESY waiver, handbook, multiple service contracts and staff reclassifications
Summary
At its recent meeting the Santa Rita Union Elementary School District board approved a waiver to reduce extended school year days, adopted a governance handbook and approved several vendor contracts and staffing MOUs; all recorded votes were 3-0.
The Santa Rita Union Elementary School District Board of Trustees approved a package of administrative items, contracts and staffing changes, including a waiver to change the district’s extended school year (ESY) schedule, the adoption of a governance handbook, multiple therapy contracts and two labor memoranda of understanding. Each approval passed by a recorded voice vote of 3-0.
The board held a public hearing on an ESY waiver submitted to the California Department of Education that would reduce the ESY calendar from 20 days to 17 days while maintaining the same required instructional hours. District staff and trustees said the change aligns ESY with the general summer academy schedule, avoids late‑July dates that fall after the Independence Day holiday and still meets the 30‑day requirement for Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELOP) services through combined…
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