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Desert Sands Unified board approves expulsions, several appointments and grouped consent items
Summary
The board formally approved two stipulated expulsions, accepted multiple grouped consent items across business and educational services, announced two classified retirements, and reported closed-session approvals of three management appointments (one with an abstention).
At its Oct. 7 meeting, the Desert Sands Unified School District Board of Education approved a series of formal actions taken in closed session and during open session.
The board voted to accept two stipulated expulsions that were acted on in closed session. Agenda item 23.1 (stated as expulsion case 20-526-1) was approved on a motion by Trustee Porras, seconded by Trustee Alvarez; the transcript records the motion as carrying 5-0. Agenda item 23.2 (stated as case 20-526-2) was approved on a motion by Trustee Porras, seconded by Trustee Duran, also recorded as 5-0.
During open session the board passed routine governance actions by grouped motion: approval of the minutes of the Sept. 16, 2025 meeting, approval of the Oct. 7 agenda, and multiple consent-item groupings spanning business services, educational services, student support services and personnel. When tallies were recorded, the motions carried unanimously (5-0) or with one preferential vote recorded for the agenda.
The board announced two classified retirements: Rosa Griego (29 years at Hoover Elementary) and Luis Sampietro (30 years in technology). The board also reported closed-session approvals of certificated and classified management positions: Lizeth Rivera Lopez was approved as assistant principal at Carry On Academy on a vote recorded as 4-0 with Trustee Alvarez abstaining; Rosmo Garcia Romero was approved as principal for Summit Horizon High School (vote 5-0); and Juan Alvarado was approved as security manager (vote 5-0).
Board members congratulated retirees and appointees and approved consent and personnel items by motion without extended debate. The district announced the next regular board meeting for Oct. 21, 2025.
Details recorded in the transcript provide the motion makers and seconders where they were stated; in other grouped motions the transcript records the motion and a 5-0 tally but does not always name the mover and seconder for each grouped item.
