Alisal Union trustees approve facilities fees, preschool funding, contracts and staffing in 4-0 votes

The Alisal Union School District Board of Trustees approved multiple resolutions, contracts and staffing items in a series of roll-call votes that each passed 4-0 with one member absent.

The board adopted a school facilities needs analysis (SFNA) and an alternative school facilities fee schedule under a resolution identified in the meeting as 2526-06. The board also authorized continued funding for the California State Preschool Program (CSPP) under resolution 2526-03. Both resolutions were moved and seconded on the floor and approved by unanimous recorded vote of trustees present.

Consent- and action-agenda approvals included training, contract and temporary staffing measures. The board approved a contract with Solution Tree, Inc. to provide professional training at Cesar Chavez School and Alisalque Community School for the 2025–26 school year. The board also approved temporary contracted special-education and school psychologist services that were discussed during the consent agenda (contracting companies referenced in the meeting included Aya Healthcare and MyBasePay LLC for itinerant special-education support).

On human resources items the board approved multiple full-time-equivalent (FTE) additions: one school counselor position (funded by a multi-year grant described during discussion), two school social worker FTEs, and one network coordinator FTE. The board also approved revised job descriptions (including manager of the Alisal Family Resource Center and other TOSA/ELP descriptions) and several memoranda of understanding with the California School Employees Association Chapter 577 covering van-driver and bus-driver salary/FTE changes.

Other administrative actions approved included: adoption or obsolescence of board policies, bylaws and exhibits in the 6,000–9,000 series (facilities, instruction and bylaws), and reimbursement to Salinas City Elementary School District for Trustee Leticia Garcia to attend district-related events. Every recorded final vote announced on the transcript for action items shows four "yes" votes and one absence.

Votes at a glance (selected items recorded in the meeting transcript): - Adoption of the agenda: motion passed, vote 4–0 with 1 absent. - Resolution 2526-06 (SFNA and alternative school facilities fees): motion by Trustee Jose Antonio Jimenez; second by Trustee Beatriz Perez; vote 4–0 with 1 absent; outcome: approved. - Resolution 2526-03 (continuing funding for California State Preschool Program): motion recorded as moved (mover/second noted in the transcript); vote 4–0 with 1 absent; outcome: approved. - Solution Tree, Inc. training contract for 2025–26: motion by Trustee Jose Antonio Jimenez; second by Trustee Guadalupe Guilpaz Barrera; vote 4–0 with 1 absent; outcome: approved. - Consent contracts for itinerant special-education support and school psychologist services (companies named in discussion: MyBasePay LLC and Aya Healthcare): approved as part of the consent agenda; vote 4–0 with 1 absent. - Personnel FTE approvals: one additional school counselor (grant-funded), two school social workers, one network coordinator: each motion passed by line vote, 4–0 with 1 absent. - Revised job descriptions (manager of Alisal Family Resource Center; teacher on special assignment — early learning programs): each approved 4–0 with 1 absent. - MOUs with California School Employees Association Chapter 577 (van driver FTE; bus driver salary range): each approved 4–0 with 1 absent. - Adoption/obsolescence of board policies/bylaws/exhibits in series 6,000–9,000: approved 4–0 with 1 absent. - Reimbursement for Trustee Leticia Garcia travel to Salinas City Elementary School District events: approved 4–0 with 1 absent.

Meeting minutes and agenda backup in the board packet contain the detailed contract documents, resolution language and budget attachments referenced during the votes. Where the transcript records only a line vote and a 4–0 outcome, the article lists the recorded vote totals; specific roll-call names are included when the audio cited a mover and a seconder.

The board adjourned at 7:40 p.m.