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Board approves consent agenda including administrative hires, facility contracts and program agreements
Summary
The Cartwright governing board approved the December consent agenda, which included multiple personnel contract approvals, administrative hires and vendor contracts for facility work and instructional support; one trustee voted against the package and questions were raised about timing and transparency.
The Cartwright Elementary School District governing board approved its December consent agenda, which bundled several routine personnel items, vendor contracts and carry‑forward funding matters into a single roll-call vote.
Notable items included approval of new administrative contracts and appointments announced at the meeting: Didi Goslar Carr as executive director of special services (effective January), and Jessica Larson as executive director of curriculum and instruction. The consent agenda also included vendor agreements to carry out cafeteria redesign work, a general-contractor step for a public-history conversion project funded in part by a previous grant, and authorization to contract for synchronous virtual music instruction to fill teacher vacancies.
Board members debated the timing and transparency of bringing multiple contracts and administrative appointments forward before the incoming board takes office. Vice President Marissa Hernandez and representatives of the teachers’ union told the board that teachers value knowing who their administrators will be; union leadership stated support for contracting decisions when properly communicated. Several trustees asked whether contracts had received legal review; staff answered that attorneys procured through the district’s insurance/trust review the agreements.
During the roll-call vote on the consent agenda, Board Member Lydia Hernandez recorded a nay. Board Members Denise Garcia, Vice President Marissa Hernandez and President Anna Abate voted aye and the motion carried. Board Member Rosa Cantu had left the meeting prior to the vote. The board president said items removed from the consent list can be brought back for separate discussion at a future meeting.
Administrators told the board that documentation for consent items had been provided in advance and that items may be removed for separate consideration on request. The board adopted the package and moved on to scheduled action items.
