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Votes at a glance: Tolleson USD board approves several items including contract award and personnel policy change
Summary
The Tolleson Union High School District board approved several items June 24, including a proposed FY2025–26 budget (to be adopted at a future public hearing), a $2 million courtyard contract for Sierra Linda High School, public release of an SRO investigative report, and a revised suspension policy.
The Tolleson Union High School District governing board took a series of formal actions June 24. Key outcomes the board recorded in the meeting include:
- Proposed FY2025–26 budget (proposal stage): The board approved the proposed budget so the district can post the statutorily required 10‑day hearing notice and return July 8 for public hearing and adoption. Recorded roll‑call votes include Dr. Luna Najera (no); Antonio Romero, Chapman and Sutton (yes). (See full budget article for details.)
- Contract award — GP A contract #23‑15PV‑14 to Wilmington Construction for courtyard modification at Sierra Linda High School: The board moved and seconded a motion to award the contract; presenters said the project is likely to be phased and estimated a $2,000,000 scope with a target completion around December. The meeting record shows recorded seconds and affirmative votes at the motion; a full roll-call tally was not recorded in the transcript excerpt provided.
- Release of third‑party investigative report into the SRO Tolleson High School incident: The board voted unanimously by roll call to release the investigative report for public distribution (Dr. Luna Najera, Del Palacio, Ortega Romero, Chapman and Sutton recorded as yes).
- Policy change — suspension policy update (Policy BGF repeal and related adoption): The board adopted a motion to implement the revised suspension policy and repeal the existing policy; roll‑call votes in the meeting record show Dr. Luna Najera voting no and the other recorded members voting yes.
- Superintendent evaluation: The meeting record shows a roll‑call approval of the superintendent’s evaluation (recorded yes votes from Palacio, Ortega Romero, Chapman and others present).
Other items: The consent agenda was discussed and motions to approve were moved; the transcript shows some procedural disagreement about how items are pulled and whether discussions occurred outside public meetings. The board also placed items on future agendas including a requested presentation on the district’s $1,000,000 investment in AI and how weapon detection technology has performed on campus.
Notes on vote records: The meeting transcript contained partial roll‑call entries for several actions; where the transcript did not capture a full roll call, this roundup records the motion and available recorded votes and marks a full tally as not specified in the actions array.
