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Votes at a glance: Feb. 25 Temecula Valley Unified Board (expulsions, settlements, personnel reductions, procurement)
Summary
Below are formal actions the Temecula Valley Unified Board took Feb. 25, 2025. The board approved expulsions and legal settlements, ratified vendor contracts, adopted resolutions on purchasing thresholds and personnel reductions, and scheduled follow-up hearings. (Tally and mover/second details from meeting roll calls.)
The Temecula Valley Unified School District Board recorded the following formal actions during its Feb. 25, 2025 meeting. Where roll-call tallies were given on the record, those votes are included.
1) Expulsion action (open session report of a closed-session recommendation) - Motion: "Approve the recommendation of the administrative hearing panel regarding student expulsion matter Number 194728, revoking of suspended expulsion." Moved by: Dr. Melinda Anderson; Second: not specified on the audio before roll call. - Vote: Steven Schwartz, yes; Jennifer Wiersma, yes; Dr. Joseph Komrovsky, yes; Emil Barham, yes; Dr. Melinda Anderson, yes. Outcome: Approved (5-0).
2) Closed-session settlement approvals (reported in open session) - Case O8H2024120162: Motion to approve final settlement and release agreement. Vote: Schwartz yes; Wiersma yes; Komrovsky yes; Barham yes; Anderson yes. Outcome: Approved (5-0). - Case CVSW2207258: Motion to approve settlement. Vote: Schwartz yes; Wiersma yes; Komrovsky yes; Barham yes; Anderson yes. Outcome: Approved (5-0).
3) Consent calendar and pulled consent items - The board approved the consent calendar items 1 through 31 with items 3, 9 and 14 pulled for separate action. Motion passed unanimously (Schwartz, Wiersma, Komrovsky, Barham, Anderson: yes). - Pulled items later approved individually (see items 4 and 5 below).
4) Consent item 3 (personnel / coaches listing) - Motion to approve consent item 3. Approved by roll call: Schwartz yes; Wiersma yes; Komrovsky yes; Barham yes; Anderson yes. Outcome: Approved (5-0).
5) Consent item 14 (energy/utility management software) and item 9 (Apex credit-recovery contract for Rancho Vista) - Item 14 (contract for energy utility management software): Motion to approve; board approved (unanimous roll call votes recorded: yes by all five trustees). - Item 9 (Apex contract for Rancho Vista High School credit recovery): Motion and second recorded; roll call votes were unanimous. Outcome: Approved (5-0).
6) Resolution on elimination/discontinuation/reduction/layoff (Action item) - Motion: Adopt resolution (text provided to board) regarding elimination/discontinuation/reduction and layoff of certain certificated non-management employees for the 2025-26 school year (resolution number reported on agenda). - Vote: Schwartz yes; Wiersma yes; Komrovsky yes; Barham yes; Anderson yes. Outcome: Adopted unanimously (5-0).
7) Attendance allowance due to emergency conditions (power outage) - Motion: File affidavit/request for allowance of attendance because of emergency conditions. Vote: unanimous (5-0). Outcome: Approved.
8) Resolution to self-certify elevated federal micro-purchase threshold (district procurement) - Motion: Adopt resolution to increase federal micro-purchase level to $50,000 for the district (resolution shown on agenda). Vote: unanimous (Schwartz, Wiersma, Komrovsky, Barham, Anderson: yes). Outcome: Adopted (5-0).
9) Ratification of outside legal services agreement for special education (AALRR or equivalent) - Motion: Ratify AALRR agreement for special services to provide legal services for the district (effective dates and contract on the agenda). Vote: unanimous approval as recorded. Outcome: Ratified.
10) CSBA delegate slate (Subregion 18A) - Motion: Approve a slate of nominees to serve as CSBA delegates for Subregion 18A (the board selected Joseph Komrovsky, Nicholas Pardue, Kenneth Prado, Steven Schwartz and Nancy Young). Vote recorded and motion adopted.
11) Motion to conduct and hold public hearing for Temecula Preparatory School renewal petition - Motion to provide notice and conduct a public hearing and then to conduct the hearing; the board voted to open the public hearing and later closed it after testimony. Vote: motions approved by unanimous roll call.
12) Motion to allow association spotlights at regular business meetings - Motion to allow a 3-minute spotlight for both certificated and classified associations at regular open session meetings. Vote: Passed 3-2 (yes: Schwartz, Barham, Anderson; no: Wiersma, Komrovsky). Outcome: Adopted (3-2).
Notes and follow-up: The board scheduled a March 10 meeting to collect additional public comment on the field hockey program and instructed staff to prepare data requested on the grading-policy information item. Several consent contracts and personnel items will proceed to implementation per standard district practice.
If you need the verbatim roll-call transcript for any particular motion above, the meeting minutes and the posted audio/video contain the full roll calls and motions recorded during the Feb. 25 session.
