Votes at a glance: TTUSD board approves resolutions, donations, audit, personnel changes and grants

The Tahoe‑Truckee Unified School District Board of Trustees voted on multiple consent and action items during its Jan. 22 meeting. Below is a concise roundup of formal actions taken, outcomes and key details.

• Resolution: School Board Appreciation Month (resolution 19). Motion to approve passed unanimously. The board accepted recognition and gifts presented during the meeting.

• Resolution: "Safe School Sites / Schools as Safe Places for All" (resolution 10.2). The board approved the resolution affirming that school attendance is a constitutional right regardless of immigration status and expressing the district’s commitment to inclusive and psychologically safe schools.

• Donations accepted (board approval): - Tahoe‑Truckee Community Foundation: $2,000 to the STEP program (Weisner Family Tahoe Endowment Fund). Approved. - donorschoose.org: $1,089.73 for Aldrich Creek Middle School sixth‑grade math whiteboard tables (clear dry‑erase paint for group tables). Approved. - NFL Foundation: $5,000 for North Tahoe High School football (equipment, end‑zone cameras, weight‑room upgrades, sled for linemen). Approved. - Truckee Optimist Club: $2,000 to support TTUSD’s pilot with Vision to Learn (mobile vision van providing exams and eyeglasses at schools). Approved. - First Push Syndicate: $5,000 grant to Aldrich Creek Middle School for the "Get On Board" skateboarding program (up to 20 complete skateboards, helmets, elbow/knee pads, training and resources). Approved.

• Final audit (fiscal year 2023‑24): The board approved the district’s final audit after a presentation by Crowe LLP. The auditors issued an unmodified opinion on the financial statements; the single‑audit (state awards) testing yielded two findings related to state compliance. One finding involved inconsistency between School Accountability Report Card (SARC) reporting and TK class counts that resulted in a fiscal impact of approximately $39,000. The board moved to accept the audit and thanked fiscal staff and auditors.

• School Accountability Report Cards (SARCs) 2023‑24: The board unanimously approved the updated SARCs, which state law requires to be issued annually and which report standardized test scores, staffing, school climate and fiscal uses at each school site.

• Personnel and job descriptions: The board approved a revision to the administrative assistant job description for the assistant superintendent of educational services (no salary change) and approved a new job classification, Medi‑Cal Billing Specialist, to support district billing for behavioral‑health and Medi‑Cal reimbursements. The Medi‑Cal Billing Specialist will be initially funded from a startup grant and then by reimbursements recovered through billing.

• Consent agenda: The consent agenda was approved as presented by unanimous vote.

All motions listed above received a motion, a second and the board indicated "aye" for approval during roll call; individual vote tallies by name were not recorded in the public transcript. Several items were informational or first reads and did not require action (see board policies first reads below).

Items presented for information or first reading (no vote required at this meeting): policy and regulation updates on weapons and dangerous instruments (SB 906, 2022 referenced), health examinations and partnership authorization for on‑site vision services (Assembly Bill 2329 and SB 97 referenced), safety regulations (bicycle/electric scooter guidance), safe routes to school updates, and registered sex‑offender notification procedures. These were noted as first reads and scheduled to return for board action at a subsequent meeting.

Motions and recorded votes in the transcript were entered verbally (motions, seconds and multiple "ayes"). Where the transcript did not identify a named mover or recorded a roll‑call count, the meeting record shows the motion carried by unanimous vocal assent.