Bassett Unified reorganizes board, approves routine resolutions and appointments, tables minutes
Summary
At its Dec. 9 meeting the Bassett Unified board completed officer elections, approved two resolutions and an appointment to the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee, adopted its 2026 meeting schedule and tabled minutes from 11/18/2025 for correction.
The Bassett Unified Board of Education handled routine reorganization and approval items at its Dec. 9 regular meeting. The board conducted officer elections and organizational appointments: the meeting record shows a motion to keep the sitting president in place (the president is announced in the record as 'Mister Erin Simontas'), a vice‑president nomination and a clerk election for Patricia Anthony Kirkland (transcribed as 'Patrice Anzione' in the record). The board also designated a representative to the Los Angeles County School Trustees Association for the 2526 school year and appointed the superintendent as board secretary for 2026; motions carried by roll call votes.
The board approved two resolutions considered together: Resolution 018‑26 (to participate in the Classified School Employee Summer Assistant Program) and Resolution 019‑26 (to authorize designated signatures and certification of signatures). A single motion to approve both resolutions was made and passed by roll call.
The superintendent recommended Karen Fairley (identified on the agenda as affiliated with the Edgewood Academy PTSA) for appointment to the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee effective Dec. 10, 2025; the board voted to appoint Fairley after motion and second.
The board also approved the schedule of regular board meeting dates for 2026 as listed on the agenda (dates across January–December 2026 were approved by roll call), approved the consent calendar, then voted to table the minutes for the Nov. 18, 2025 meeting to permit correction of a discrepancy noted by the board. No additional substantive policy changes or contracts were approved on items discussed at length during public comment; the meeting moved to closed session for unrelated personnel and legal conferences and later reconvened to report a closed session action rejecting an applicant (Keenan Clayton, referenced with an internal identifier in the record) by a 5–0 vote.
The board adjourned the meeting at about 9:00 p.m.; the next regular meeting is scheduled for Dec. 16, 2025.
