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MVUSD board approves principals, director and several policy updates; amends superintendent agreement
Summary
The board welcomed new hires — Nicholas Stearns (Director of Enrichment and Expanded Learning), Brenda Nieves (Butterfield principal) and Patricia Scheisel (Mountain View Middle principal) — approved the consent agenda, adopted board priorities for 2025–26, and approved an addendum to Superintendent Alejandro Rubacaba's employment agreement with updated term and termination provisions.
The Moreno Valley Unified School District Board of Education approved a slate of personnel actions and routine business items at its meeting Tuesday, including the appointment of Nicholas Stearns as Director 3 of Enrichment and Expanded Learning, Brenda Nieves as principal of Butterfield Language Academy and Patricia Scheisel as principal of Mountain View Middle School.
Those approvals followed closed-session personnel actions the board reported at the start of the meeting. Board members offered welcoming remarks to the new leaders and emphasized priorities such as student connection, dual-language immersion and programs that "win students' hearts," comments echoed by several trustees.
The board also approved the consent agenda with one contract pulled for separate consideration. The consent agenda motion carried, and the pulled contract (A24255480) was approved in a separate roll-call vote that was recorded as five yes and one abstention. Trustees then adopted final board priorities for 2025–26 focusing on student success and academic achievement; workforce and operational excellence; and whole-child and community well-being.
In other actions, trustees approved the second reading and adoption of board policies on employee and student use of technology (BP 4040 and BP 6163.4), accepted the quarterly Williams uniform complaint report (zero complaints), approved the membership and officers of the Special Education Community Advisory Committee and approved a 5% stipend increase for governing board members (per bylaw allowance).
The board also voted to approve a first addendum to Superintendent Alejandro Rubacaba's employment agreement. The amendment sets the contract term from July 22, 2025, through June 30, 2029, and modifies termination-without-cause provisions to specify lump-sum calculations and health-benefit continuation up to 12 months, with reimbursement obligations in the event of certain convictions. The amendment passed after a recorded vote (several trustees voted aye, one voted no and one abstained).
What happens next: the board directed staff to post prior PLA materials and to return with updates on budgeting matters related to federal impounds. Several trustees asked for continued reporting on the progress of newly appointed directors and principals.
