Votes at a glance: Board approves cheerleading as CIF sport, purchase orders and routine resolutions

At its most recent meeting the Coachella Valley Unified School District governing board approved a series of administrative items, contracts and resolutions, and formally adopted cheerleading as a CIF‑sanctioned sport for district schools.

Key approvals included:

- Adoption of Resolution 2025‑35 authorizing cheerleading as a California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) sanctioned sport for the district. Trustees voted to add cheerleading to the district’s roster of sanctioned sports; the board discussed funding sources and said school sports budgets and fundraising will cover initial costs. The motion carried.

- Several procurement and vendor approvals, including a purchase increase for Desmarais High School from ODP Business Solutions, curriculum/fitness and equipment purchases from vendor proposals (Go For Sport) that include a six‑year adoption option and onsite professional development, summer programming curriculum with 95% Group for elementary–middle summer instruction, and Amazon Business Prime purchases for Desert Mirage High School. The board approved these items in separate motions; staff said some purchases include single payments to cover multiple years and that recurring consumables would be procured as needed.

- Piggyback and contracting resolutions: the board authorized piggyback contract use for furniture and equipment with San Bernardino City Unified (Lakeshore contract bid 22‑17), approved surplus and disposition of old vehicles via GovDeals, and approved a Motorola Solutions/Sourcewell contract piggyback for radio and communications equipment. Those resolutions passed on voice votes.

- Legal services authorization: the board approved issuing a purchase order to the law firm Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo for public‑works legal services connected to facilities and developer fee work.

- Personnel and policy items: trustees approved Resolution 2025‑34 revising 2025‑29 related to certificated reductions/discontinuances (establishing tiebreaking criteria and deviations from strict seniority as described in the resolution); they approved the Workplace Violence Prevention Plan and voted to move forward with first reading of Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 6158 (Independent Study). Several of these were presented as routine items and passed on voice votes.

- The consent calendar, containing multiple routine and operational items, was approved in one motion with no items pulled for separate discussion (except items pulled earlier as noted on the meeting agenda). The board adjourned at 9:38 p.m.

Vote counts and outcomes: Most motions recorded in the meeting were carried unanimously. Where the roll call or unanimous voice vote was announced, the meeting record gave no roll‑call breakdown by name; board membership is seven trustees. Several motions were explicitly recorded as carrying by voice vote or with an "Aye" chorus and the meeting noted "motion carries".

Ending: The board approved the items above; staff said follow‑up on multi‑year procurements, vendor onboarding and legal contracting will be conducted through regular administrative channels and reported back to the board as required.