The Poway Unified School District Board of Education on Sept. 12 approved a set of personnel actions and reported multiple settlement agreements finalized in closed session.

In a closed-session report read aloud by Clerk Couvert, the board said it "voted unanimously to approve the settlement agreement" in several pending litigation matters, listing case numbers the clerk read into the record. The clerk also said, on a motion by Saitama and a second by Patel, the board "voted unanimously to take action in closed session to appoint Justine Gallura as director of Finance." No public details of the settlements were presented during open session beyond the motions and case numbers read into the record.

In open session the board approved a new confidential classification for an executive assistant in the business support services department. James Jimenez, presenting the item, said the position "will directly support" the newly developed executive director of finance, budget and accounting and that the classification replaces a lower-level confidential role rather than adding headcount.

The board also approved the employment agreement and Resolution No. 17-2025 to appoint Gregory Magnuson as interim associate superintendent of business support services. President O'Connor Ratcliffe summarized the contract: the term runs from Sept. 12, 2024, to Feb. 28, 2025 (or until a permanent hire begins), and compensation will be paid at an hourly rate of $139.66. The summary included the board's statement that the interim appointment follows applicable laws, board policy and the position's job description. The board voted unanimously to approve both the employment agreement and the supporting resolution.

All motions on these personnel items passed by unanimous vote of those present. The board did not discuss details of the closed-session settlements in public beyond the case numbers and the unanimous votes recorded.

What happens next: District staff will post job announcements, proceed with the interim appointment, and implement the new confidential classification as described; the settlements noted in closed session were recorded as approved without further public detail at this meeting.