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Board actions: principal appointment, expulsions and multiple approvals at Nov. 13 CVUSD meeting
Summary
The board publicly reported a closed-session appointment of a principal, three stipulated expulsions (4–3 votes), and approved several agreements and resolutions including a College of the Desert CCAP agreement, a nutrition-services temporary loan, an increase to an outside legal contract, a CTE vehicle purchase and routine consent items.
At its Nov. 13 meeting the Coachella Valley Unified School District board reported several formal actions taken during closed session and approved multiple items in open session.
Closed-session report: Superintendent Francis Esparza said the board appointed Alicia Zamorano Nunez as principal of Desert Mirage High School, effective November 2025. The motion was made by Trustee Gonzalez, seconded by Trustee Acuna and carried unanimously, 7–0. The superintendent also reported three stipulated-expulsion recommendations with the district; each expulsion motion carried 4–3, and the superintendent read the vote tallies aloud.
Open-session approvals: The board approved an agreement with College of the…
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