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Votes at a glance: expulsions, consent items, personnel and recognitions
Summary
At its May 14 meeting the Santa Rosa board approved multiple expulsions, several consent items, recognized staff and students, and approved the employment agreement for Acting Superintendent Lisa August.
The Santa Rosa City Schools Board of Education took multiple formal actions on May 14. This roundup lists the principal motions, outcomes and vote results recorded during the meeting.
Expulsions - Case 24/25-22: Motion to accept the recommendation on the expulsion case was moved by Trustee Medina, seconded by Trustee Casten; roll call vote recorded unanimous ayes and the motion passed. - Case 24/25-28: Motion accepted; roll call vote unanimous; motion passed. - Case 24/25-29: Motion accepted; roll call vote unanimous; motion passed. - Case 24/25-31: Motion accepted; roll call vote unanimous; motion passed. - Case 24/25-32: Motion accepted; roll call vote unanimous; motion passed.
Consent and other routine approvals - Multiple consent items (F items) were approved by roll call. Trustee De La Torre abstained on a subset of warrants/consent items that had been pulled for discussion. - Item F-3 (warrants) and Item F-6 (contracts/bonds) were pulled for separate discussion and were later approved with some trustees abstaining on particular votes.
Personnel and recognitions - The board approved resolution 2024/25-114 (district-wide electronic access control contract) and other contract items; votes recorded in favor with some abstentions on other items. - The board approved a resolution recognizing National School Nurse Day and a resolution recognizing May as Better Hearing and Speech Month. - Acting Superintendent Lisa August's employment agreement (interim superintendent contract effective 05/15/2025 through 06/30/2026) was approved by roll call. The contract sets the interim superintendent's annual salary at $261,537; the contract allows her to revert to the CBO position effective 07/01/2026.
How the board voted Votes were recorded by roll call on nearly all action items. Where roll calls were read aloud, trustees recorded "Aye" for passage on the majority of items listed above; a small number of abstentions were recorded on specific consent and bond items. Several motions passed unanimously.
Why it matters The consolidated list reflects routine governance actions (consent approvals and recognitions) together with higher-stakes personnel, safety and budgetary actions (expulsions, contract approvals, and the superintendent employment agreement). The meeting also included lengthy public comment on administrative reassignments and staffing concerns, and legal questions around contracting and procurement that the district said it would address.
For reference: the board placed numerous actions into the public record and will continue follow-up implementation through district staff, HR and facilities teams.
