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Desert Sands Unified board honors staff and students, approves consent packages and personnel actions
Summary
At its Nov. 18 meeting, the Desert Sands Unified School District board recognized employees and student artists, introduced new administrators and approved grouped consent items and several closed‑session personnel actions including expulsions, settlements and administrative appointments.
The Desert Sands Unified School District board met Nov. 18 in La Quinta and spent much of the public session recognizing staff and students before taking a series of routine governance actions.
Board leadership opened the meeting with condolences for the recent deaths of two students, Alex Yang and Liam Cantu, and a grounds employee, Enrique Leon, and asked the room to observe a moment of silence. Miss Fisher introduced the student board member for the month, Noelia Vieda of Horizon School, saying, “I’m so happy to introduce her as our new student board member for this month.”
The board recognized three employees of the month — paraeducator Kayla Benavidez, project facilitator Courtney Franklin and…
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