Trustees of the Jefferson Union High School District voted to approve the Summit Chassa charter renewal petition and several routine items during their December meeting, and certified the district’s 2025–26 first interim budget with a positive finding.

The board moved and approved the charter renewal after a motion and a second, with trustees responding in the affirmative. The meeting then advanced through annual reorganization items, approving Sherrette Walker as board president and nominating Rosie Tahata as vice president and Andy Lee as board clerk; Toni Presta was later appointed board secretary.

Chief business officer Tina Van Rapphorst presented the first interim budget for the 2025–26 fiscal year and recommended the board certify a “positive” certification that the district will be able to meet its financial obligations. Van Rapphorst highlighted that the district received a one-time state discretionary grant of $1,100,000 and remains a community-funded district projected to receive roughly 28% more in property-tax revenue than the Local Control Funding Formula would provide. She said unrestricted general-fund reserves are projected at about 12.4% for the current year but cautioned the district faces a structural deficit projected near $4,300,000 in the multi-year projection.

The board approved a side letter with the American Federation of Teachers Local 1481 clarifying longevity compensation steps for classified employees (the memorandum clarifies pay at milestones such as eight, 12 and 16 years) that had been flagged by the Public Employee Retirement System as insufficiently specified.

The consent agenda and minutes from Nov. 15 and Nov. 18 were approved without removals, and the meeting concluded after routine business.

Notes on process and votes: motions to approve the charter renewal, the side letter, and the first interim budget were made, seconded, and recorded as approved. The transcript records trustees saying "Aye" when the board adopted these items; specific named vote tallies were not recorded verbatim in the transcript.