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Garden Grove Unified board approves grants, contracts, personnel items and authorizes amicus participation
Summary
The board approved grant applications, contract and procurement actions, personnel appointments, an expulsion and authorized the superintendent to initiate amicus participation in an appeal.
The Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Education approved a slate of consent and business items at its regular meeting, ranging from grant applications to contract extensions, personnel actions and a disciplinary recommendation.
On program items (Item 5AE), the board approved Resolution No. 10 to apply for California State Preschool funding for 202627 that would allow up to $7,808,884 to support approximately 23 classrooms across 11 sites, and Resolution No. 11 to renew funding for a preschool and family literacy program (up to $30,000). The board also approved participation in teacher grant programs, the CTE incentive application (up to $3,100,000 if accepted), and multiple student out-of-district events.
Under business items (Items 6AN), the board approved Resolution No. 12 to indicate intent to dedicate an easement to the City of Garden Grove for public utility purposes, extended cooperative purchasing agreements and addenda for audio/video and plumbing supplies, ratified informal construction bid awards under the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act, accepted completion notices on several construction projects, and approved contract terms for unarmed districtwide security services with Orange County Public Safety. The board also approved stated price adjustments for food-service vendors and authorized purchase orders and checks totaling $100,454,873.43.
Trustee Rockaway moved to approve a mandatory one-year expulsion for a student (Item 4A); the motion was seconded and carried. In personnel items (Item 7), the board approved certificate and classified personnel reports, appointed Bob Tucker to the personnel commission for a three-year term starting Dec. 1, 2025, and approved increasing the hourly rate for teachers in Extended Learning Opportunities positions from $44 to $55 effective Oct. 8, 2025.
The board reported out of closed session that it voted to have the district participate as an amicus in an appeal (transcript cites case identifiers); the superintendent was authorized to execute necessary documents to initiate participation.
All items presented for vote at the meeting were approved by the board during roll calls recorded in the transcript.
