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Votes at a glance: La Cañada Unified board actions, Aug. 25, 2025
Summary
The La Cañada Unified Governing Board approved a package of budget, personnel, contract and policy items at its Aug. 25 meeting; key votes are summarized below.
At its Aug. 25 meeting, the La Cañada Unified School District Governing Board took action on a slate of items. Below is a concise list of motions, outcomes and vote details as recorded at the meeting.
• Receive La Cañada Teachers Association (LCTA) negotiating proposal (Sunshine letter, item 12a). Outcome: received. Roll call: Caroline Anderson — Yes; Octavia Thuss — Yes; Josh Epstein — Yes; Dan Jeffries — Yes; Joe Radabaugh — Yes. Student representative Nathan Cho recorded a preferential vote. Motion: “receive the letter of association's proposal.”
• Approve LCUSD negotiating proposal to LCTA (Sunshine letter, item 12b). Outcome: approved. Roll call votes recorded all board members present voting yes; student representative recorded a preferential vote. Motion: “approve the district’s sunshine letter to LCTA.”
• Approve summary of revenue and expenditures, unaudited actuals for FY 2024–25 (item 12c). Outcome: approved. Staff presented the unaudited actuals; the board voted to accept and submit them to LA County for review. Roll call: unanimous yes among voting members present; student representative voted yes.
• Adopt resolution for the Education Protection Account (EPA) estimated funds for 2025–26 (Resolution 2‑25, item 12d). Outcome: approved. Roll call: unanimous yes among voting members present; student representative voted yes. Staff said the estimated EPA for 2025–26 is $2,204,336 and that the funds will support teacher salaries and benefits (approximately 20.6 FTE last year).
• Approve Hanover Research membership/action plan to support math-adoption work (item 12g). Outcome: approved. Motion and roll call recorded unanimous yes among voting members present.
• Approve changes to the confidential managerial, supervisory and administrative employee (CAMSA) agreement (item 12g/h): on-schedule increase 0.25% and a one-time off-schedule payment of 2.05% funded by district foundation contributions. Outcome: approved. Roll call: unanimous yes among voting members present.
• Approve off-schedule salary bonuses and same-percentage increases for cabinet and superintendent (items 12h–12j). Outcome: approved. Roll call: unanimous yes among voting members present.
• Revise Board Policy BP 3314 (payment for goods and services) to permit invoice variances up to 10% not to exceed $1,000 per purchase order (item 13a). Outcome: approved as amended. Roll call: unanimous yes among voting members present.
• Approve consent agenda, which included routine contracts, personnel actions and donations (item 14). Outcome: approved. Roll call: unanimous yes among voting members present.
Notes: Several items were described in detail during the meeting (unaudited financials and the Hanover Research proposal). Where vote tallies were reported with roll call, the meeting transcript records each board member’s recorded “yes” vote. Absent any named no votes or abstentions, the recorded outcomes were unanimous among the board members present.
