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Board approves staffing restructures to support athletics, counseling and state/federal program compliance
Summary
Trustees approved new and revised management positions to centralize oversight of athletics/student activities, counseling services, state and federal program compliance, and legal paralegal duties.
The Sweetwater Union High School District Board of Education approved a series of classified‑management restructures and job descriptions on April 14 designed to centralize coordination for athletics and student activities, counseling services, state and federal grant oversight, and legal support.
Superintendent and staff described the changes as responses to growing administrative demands. “We received an audit from the state earlier this year,” said Dr. Moore (Student Services), describing complications around student-store compliance with federal nutrition rules and the need for centralized coordination for ASB-run stores, graduations and related activities. Dr. Alvarez (State and Federal programs) told trustees that the district’s mix of state, federal and other grant funding had grown from approximately $65 million to more than $232 million, increasing time‑accounting and monitoring responsibilities and prompting a recommendation for higher‑level supervision in that area.
General Counsel Jennifer Carbucci explained a paralegal reclassification: the district will retain one paralegal and create a senior paralegal classification to reflect the difference in educational‑sector experience and supervisory responsibilities; the change was budget‑neutral through offsets in the management salary schedule.
Trustees moved and approved the items (consent/resolution identifiers K3, K4, K5, K6, K7 in the meeting agenda) and asked staff to brief the board on implementation steps. Board members said the restructures use an attrition‑based approach to manage costs while centralizing compliance responsibilities.
Why it matters: The reorganizations affect how the district manages federally and state‑funded programs, coordinates student activities and athletics, and processes legal and compliance work. District officials said the moves aim to reduce audit risk, clarify supervision, and improve coordination for districtwide events and federally required accounting.
Board action: Trustees approved the job descriptions and restructures by unanimous vote (5–0). Staff said they will return with implementation details and noted that the changes were designed to be fiscally neutral in some cases via reallocation of existing salary schedule lines.
