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Votes at a glance: Santa Rosa Board consent calendar, job descriptions and MOUs approved
Summary
During its June 11 meeting the board approved multiple consent items, job descriptions and negotiated MOUs, including agreements on notice of absent board members, contracts, Title I/III job descriptions and an SRTA organizing‑chair leave; minutes and other consent items were also adopted.
At the June 11 Santa Rosa Board of Education meeting trustees approved multiple consent‑calendar items, job descriptions and negotiated memoranda of understanding with recorded roll‑call votes.
Key items approved on the consent calendar and by separate motion included: - Approval of consent calendar items (motion moved by Trustee Jenkins, seconded by Trustee Kirby) — roll call: Trustee Jenkins — Aye; Trustee Kirby — Aye; Trustee De La Torre — Aye; Vice President Casten — Aye. - Consent item F1 (approval of absent board members) — moved and approved after discussion; staff said approval relates to stipend eligibility under Education Code 35120; Trustee Jenkins moved, the motion passed on roll call: Jenkins — Aye; Kirby — Aye; De La Torre — Aye; Casten — Aye. - Consent item F5 (approval of contracts) — approved; Trustee Jenkins noted a contract typo (start date 02/2024) that staff said will be fixed in executed agreements. - Consent items 17 and 18 (approval of job descriptions: Title III multilingual learner facilitator and Title I instructional strategy support specialist) — Trustee Jenkins moved to approve both items together; roll call: Jenkins — Aye; Kirby — Aye; De La Torre — Aye; Casten — Aye. Staff explained Title III positions focus on English language development and Title I specialists will build teacher capacity and not necessarily provide regular one‑to‑one student interventions. - Approval of regular board meeting minutes for 05/28/2025 — adopted by roll call: De La Torre — Aye; Jenkins — Aye; Kirby — Aye; Casten — Aye. - MOU (SRTA 24‑25 No. 3) — organizing chair release: the board approved an addendum allowing an SRTA member a 0.4 FTE release for organizing work funded by a CTA grant, with leave protections and a term tied to grant funding; vote recorded as 3‑1 (Kirby, Jenkins, Casten — Aye; De La Torre — No) after clarification on return‑to‑site provisions.
Board members asked staff to provide more background on policy and public hearings and requested that certain consent details be brought to subcommittees for review. Staff noted some consent items included technical corrections that will be applied in executed contracts.
