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Votes at a glance: Tolleson Union governing board actions
Summary
The board voted on staffing, calendars, job descriptions, open-enrollment capacities, JROTC and other routine items; a consent-agenda item passed despite one recorded dissent about architect contracting.
At its meeting the Tolleson Union High School District governing board took votes on several administrative and operational items. Below are the items recorded in the meeting transcript, with the motion text when provided and the outcomes as recorded on the roll call.
- Approval of regular agenda: Motion to approve carried on roll call (recorded yes votes by multiple members). (procedural)
- Consent agenda (including an item related to architect services): An item was pulled for discussion during the meeting. During roll call on the consent agenda, Dr. Luna Najera recorded a “no” and explained procurement concerns related to prior payments to ADM Group; other voting members recorded “yes.” The consent agenda passed on roll call.
- Employee contract language revisions (six contract types): Administration sought approval of updated language for certified administrators, certified teachers, classified administrators, classified exempt employees, classified hourly employees and school psychologists. Motion to approve passed on roll call (recorded yes votes from several members).
- Fiscal year 2025–26 corresponding employee work calendars: Board approved work calendars including options for bus drivers and monitors to select a 10- or 11‑month calendar and an increase for the nurses’ calendar from 9 to 10 months. Motion carried on roll call.
- Job-description revisions: Board approved revised job descriptions for teacher on assignment, director of human resources-certified and support staff, IE coordinator, and instructional coach. Motion carried on roll call.
- Hiring schedule for fiscal year 2025–26: Board approved the hiring schedule, including stipend adjustments noted in the meeting (department-chair stipend for special education, national-board stipends for counselors, degree stipends on administrative scale, and longevity rolled into base pay). Motion carried on roll call.
- Increase instructional-assistant workday: Board approved increasing instructional-assistant workday from 7 to 7.5 hours (motion carried; administration had previously offered the option and asked to make it permanent).
- Student open-enrollment capacity for 2025–26: Board approved school-site and specialized-classroom capacity numbers; transcript indicates the numbers were provided to the board and posted to the district website.
- Establish Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AF JROTC) unit at La Jolla Community High School: Motion to establish the unit passed on roll call.
- Governing board meeting schedule for fiscal year 2026: Motion to approve the schedule passed on roll call.
- Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m.
Where vote tallies were not fully read into the record in the transcript, the minutes recorded the roll-call responses shown above (for several items Dr. Luna Najera, Member Del Palacio, Member Ortega Romero, Member Chapman and President Sun are recorded with “yes” votes except where noted). The board did not adopt or rescind prior contracts during the meeting; one board member requested follow-up documentation regarding prior architect payments.
