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Board approves new Director III job description and tables change to March Mountain athletics policy after heated debate
Summary
Trustees approved several updated job descriptions, including a Director III of Enrichment and Expanded Learning to be posted immediately; a contentious discussion about athletics eligibility at March Mountain continuation school produced conflicting viewpoints and the board agreed to table any policy change pending further staff engagement.
The Moreno Valley Unified School District Board of Education approved multiple updated and new job descriptions on June 17 and authorized immediate recruitment for the redesigned Director III of Enrichment and Expanded Learning position.
Doctor Verdi described the slate of job description updates — including revisions to the teen parenting teacher, a district‑level counselor on special assignment, and the district‑level director role — and said the positions had been through the labor review process. Trustee Brandy Clark made the motion to approve; the board voted 4‑0 with two trustees absent. District staff said the Director III posting would go live immediately.
The meeting also included a lengthy and emotional debate about March Mountain continuation school’s athletics eligibility policy. Trustee Rhodes Williams recounted past experience coaching at the site and criticized what he described as punitive enforcement of an eligibility rule, saying it had been "weaponized" to prevent students from participating and that the policy discouraged student success. Other trustees and district staff pushed back, describing improvements at March Mountain and urging trust in the site’s staff; district administrators said the site has restructured instruction and added supports, cited increase in graduation rate for a continuation campus and recommended further engagement with March Mountain staff before changing policy.
Board members agreed to table the matter and return with additional information and recommendations, including staff engagement and possible alternative approaches to balance academic accountability and opportunities for students in alternative programs.
What’s next: approved job descriptions will be used to recruit candidates; staff will reconvene with March Mountain site leadership and return to the board with options for the athletics eligibility policy.
