Board approves series of routine items, audits and labor sunshine proposal

The Mount Diablo Unified School District Board of Education on Feb. 12 approved minutes and routine business, accepted two bond audit reports, approved a personnel appointment and an out-of-state overnight field trip, and authorized the district’s initial “sunshine” proposal to the California School Employees Association.

The board adopted the minutes of Jan. 22 and approved a revised agenda that moved a consent item (15.11) to an earlier slot. The board accepted the Measure C (2010) and Measure J (2018) audit reports for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, which auditors presented with clean (unmodified) opinions and no findings reported in the performance testing of bond expenditures.

Trustees also appointed Christopher Hansen as assistant director of maintenance, operations and facilities and approved the Ignacio Valley High School InvenTeam’s overnight, out-of-state trip to attend Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams’ EurekaFest June 9–15, 2025. The board approved the district’s initial successor agreement “sunshine” proposal to the California School Employees Association, listing term, salary and benefits as intended topics for negotiations.

A single consent motion carried multiple routine items, and the board approved the 2023–24 school accountability report cards. Trustees nominated and voted to support two candidates for the California School Boards Association Delegate Assembly representing Region 7A (Contra Costa County).

Votes at a glance - Approval of minutes for Jan. 22, 2025 (motion adopted). Vote: 4 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain, 1 absent; support from the student trustee. - Approval of amended agenda (move item 15.11 to item 8) (motion adopted). Vote: 4–0–0–1; student trustee supported. - Approval of overnight/out-of-state field trip for Ignacio Valley High School InvenTeam, EurekaFest, June 9–15, 2025 (motion adopted). Motion by Trustee McDougall; second Trustee Mason. Vote: 4–0–0–1; student trustee supported. - Resolution 24/25-48 (Local assignment options; Education Code 44256(b)) — approval to assign a teacher with required coursework to teach a departmentalized class (motion adopted). Vote: 4–0–0–1; student trustee supported. - Appointment of Christopher Hansen as Assistant Director, Maintenance, Operations and Facilities (motion adopted). Motion by Trustee McDougall; second Trustee Nzewi. Vote: 4–0–0–1; student trustee supported. - Acceptance of 2010 Measure C audit report (fiscal year ending 06/30/2024) (motion adopted). Motion by Trustee Mason; second Trustee Nzewi. Vote: 4–0–0–1; student trustee supported. - Acceptance of 2018 Measure J audit report (fiscal year ending 06/30/2024) (motion adopted). Motion by Trustee Nzewi; second Trustee McDougall. Vote: 4–0–0–1; student trustee supported. - Approval of initial successor (sunshine) proposal to CSEA covering term, salary and benefits for the 2025–2028 contract (motion adopted). Motion by Trustee Nzewi; second Trustee McDougall. Vote: 4–0–0–1; student trustee supported. - Approval of 2023–24 school accountability report cards (SARCs) (motion adopted). Vote: 4–0–0–1; student trustee supported. - Nomination/selection of two candidates to the CSBA Delegate Assembly (motion adopted) — Thuy Dow Jensen (Brentwood) and Katie Foreman (Lafayette). Motion by Trustee Nzewi; second Trustee McDougall. Vote: 4–0–0–1; student trustee supported.

Board procedure and attendance The board frequently noted the support of the student trustee in roll-call votes. Trustee Cowne (spelled variously in the record) was absent for votes recorded as 4–0–0–1. The board indicated no separate discussion was required for consent items that were approved en bloc.