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Coalinga‑Huron Unified board approves oversight appointments, contracts, staff permits and an expulsion
Summary
The board appointed a bond oversight committee member, ratified several payments and renewals (including a roughly $75,000 electric locating cost and a negotiated Zoom renewal of about $7,989), approved instructional and personnel items and voted to expel a student in closed session.
The Coalinga‑Huron Unified School District Board of Trustees approved a package of routine business, personnel and compliance items following public comment and a feasibility presentation on a potential Huron high school.
Business services presented several action items. The board appointed Ron Ramsey to the citizen bond oversight committee required by Measure S. Trustees ratified a payment related to past Save Mart charges tied to Associated Student Body (ASB) activity and noted ASB will reimburse the district. The board renewed the district website contract with Aptegegen Incorporated and approved ratification of Wired Electric charges of roughly $75,000 for locating an electrical problem at Bishop campus; staff said repairs had been completed or were nearly complete and the cost covered generator rentals, labor and diagnostic work. Trustees approved a renegotiated Zoom license renewal at about $7,989 annually after staff reduced active licenses to approximately 75 users.
Instructional and personnel actions included adopting a resolution that the district has sufficient instructional materials for the 2024–25 school year (approved by roll call), and approving an addendum to the CHS CCAP dual‑enrollment partnership with West Hills Community College to add a child development pathway at no added cost. Human resources recommended a provisional internship permit for Blake Wong as a multiple‑subject teacher placement while he completes credentialing coursework, and an MOU with CSEA Chapter 90 formalizing a classified employee position and rate change for Payne Ramos (staff reported no financial impact). In closed session the board approved the administrative recommendation for student expulsion case 24/25‑1 by roll call.
Votes on routine consent and business items were generally unanimous or carried with chair assent where recorded. Several trustees emphasized the district must remain fiscally sound when considering larger capital projects discussed earlier in the meeting.
The board adjourned after reporting the closed‑session action.
