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Board approves partnership agreements and short-term staffing measures; trustees seek long-term staffing plan
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Summary
The board approved a waiver for a limited-English-proficient CTE candidate and two agreements to expand behavioral-health and clinical nursing coverage across the district.
The board approved several personnel and partnership items aimed at expanding behavioral-health services and meeting clinical staffing needs.
Human resources presented a waiver to permit a limited-English-proficient teacher candidate to provide CTE instruction pending certification; the board approved the waiver by motion and second.
The board then approved a five-year agreement with Loma Linda University School of Behavioral Health to provide counseling and behavioral-health services that will support school social workers, counselors and psychologists across the district.
Trustees also approved an updated agreement with Vital Health Care to continue an LVN registry program the district uses to cover vacancies, planned absences and specialty nursing needs on campus. Staff and trustees discussed whether the registry is a temporary gap-filling measure or a longer-term element of district staffing strategy. Director of Human Resources said the district’s goal is to fill permanent positions but acknowledged persistent hiring challenges; the board asked staff to return with options to strengthen in-district capacity and classification/compensation analyses being conducted with union partners.
Board members asked for clarity about whether the registry would be used only for short-term absences or as an ongoing supplement to district-employed nurses; HR and the director of health services said the registry meets both immediate coverage needs and specialty health-care demands while the district continues recruitment and compensation work.
Votes at a glance
- LEP instruction waiver: approved (motion, no opposition recorded). - Loma Linda University behavioral-health agreement (5 years): approved (motion, no opposition recorded). - Vital Health Care LVN registry contract: approved (motion; discussion on staffing strategy; motion passed with no recorded opposition).
