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Irvine board receives clean audits, approves interim superintendent contract and routine consent items
Summary
The Irvine Unified School District board received unmodified (clean) financial and Measure E audits and approved an interim acting superintendent contract for Cassie Parham effective Feb. 1, 2025; the board also moved routine consent items and adopted a first-reading policy change by waiver.
The Irvine Unified School District Board of Education received unanimous audit reports showing no findings and approved several routine actions including an interim superintendent contract.
Auditors presented the 2023–24 district financial audit and the Measure E bond audit. "For financial statements, the district received an unmodified opinion," auditor Edith Bailey said, adding the district also received unmodified opinions on federal and state compliance and "no findings or recommendations" were reported. The board and trustees praised the business office for producing timely records for a district operating a general fund north of about $650 million, a board member said.
The board moved and approved the formal motion to receive and file the audits.
On personnel matters, the board approved a contract for Cassie Parham as interim/acting superintendent, effective Feb. 1, 2025 through June 30, 2025, with a reported term salary of $144,366.82 plus longevity and the district health benefits package. The motion to approve the contract was moved and seconded and carried by voice vote.
Other routine business: the board adopted consent calendar items after several items were pulled for discussion, approved resolutions related to signature authorization and Proposition 2 requirements (resolution numbers 24, 25 and 28 were called for adoption and passed by roll call), and waived the second reading to approve a revision to Board Policy 6161.1 (selection of instructional materials) to reflect Assembly Bill 1078 requirements.
Votes at a glance: - Expulsion: Student discipline case 04M2425 — staff recommendation to expel and permit a shortened expulsion with voluntary transfer; motion passed by voice vote. - Consent calendar and facilities consent items — approved (voice votes and roll-call where noted). - Resolution(s) 24, 25, 28 (signature authorization, Prop. 2 acknowledgment) — adopted by roll call with trustees recording "Yes." (Board roll-call for 20A/20B logged named yes votes on the record.) - Interim superintendent contract (Cassie Parham) — approved by voice vote; motion recorded as "Motion passes."
What happens next: The board record for this meeting shows the audits were received and the interim contract was approved; no additional action items on these matters were scheduled publicly at the meeting.
