Board reorganizes leadership, adopts resolutions and updates policies
Summary
Trustees elected Brandy Clark president, Sammy Luna vice president and Rhodes Williams clerk; the board adopted resolutions recognizing Martin Luther King Jr. Day, mentoring month and school board recognition month, approved the mobile‑device policy and several administrative regulation updates, and approved job descriptions and routine business items.
The Board of Education completed its organization items for 2026 and approved a series of resolutions, policy updates and routine actions.
In item 3, trustees nominated and elected Brandy Clark as board president, Sabi (Sammy) Luna as vice president and Rhodes Williams as clerk; student and trustee votes were recorded and motions carried. The board clarified the officers’ start timing and briefly recessed to reorganize seating.
The board adopted multiple resolutions including Resolution 2025‑26‑49 declaring Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Resolution 2025‑26‑50 proclaiming January 2026 as National Mentoring Month; Philippe Peoples, director of student services, accepted the mentoring resolution and described mentoring’s role: “Mentoring is one of the most powerful tools we have to change the trajectory of a student's life.”
Trustees approved administrative and policy changes: second readings and deletions of legacy vendor and income policies, adoption of procurement guidance for technology equipment (AR 3311.4) and updated inventory procedures (AR 3440); the board adopted Board Policy/Administrative Regulation 5131.8 (mobile communication device policy) and discussed IEP/medical exceptions and the forthcoming communication plan. The board also approved the developer fees annual/5‑year report (Resolution 2025‑26‑41) and authorized six booster clubs for calendar year 2026.
Human resources actions included approval of two new certificated job descriptions — an ELOP program specialist and an itinerant assessment and intervention teacher — vetted with labor partners. Consent‑agenda items were approved and the meeting moved into organizational hearings for the School Facilities Corporation and the District Financing Authority, where officers were confirmed and meetings scheduled by motion.
