Board approves facilities contracts, curriculum items, procurement resolutions and routine financial and personnel actions

At its meeting, the Los Alamitos Unified School District Board of Education approved a slate of consent and action items covering facilities contracts, curriculum resources, procurement resolutions and routine financial and personnel business.

Key votes and outcomes

- Consent agenda: Motion to approve consent items A'F and I'N passed by voice vote (recorded "Passes 5 0"). (Consent items were introduced and approved with one pull noted for later discussion.)

- Item 10G: Ratification of an agreement with Superior Tree Care for shrub and vine trimming services at Los Alamitos High School was pulled for discussion and subsequently ratified (voice vote recorded "Passes 5 0").

- Item 10 (La Habra Fence Company): Board approved an agreement with La Habra Fence Company (voice vote recorded "Passes 5 0").

- Action items 11 a'c: The board approved supplemental materials and high-impact standards resources for K'8 and LAHS history materials (voice vote recorded "Passes 5 0").

- Action 11 d: The board approved the Consolidated Application (CONAPP) submission for categorical aid for the 2025'6 school year (no cost to the district) (voice vote recorded "Passes 5 0").

- Action 11 e: The board approved a pilot of the Learning Genie platform in UTK classrooms (Jan. 19'Apr. 24) (voice vote recorded "Passes 5 0").

- Action 11 f: The board accepted bid 252601 and approved an agreement with Keystone Builders for restroom renovations at Los Alamitos High School (project touches most campus restrooms, includes a single-use restroom for life-skills students, and was presented as coming in slightly under the $4 million budget); vote recorded as "Passes 5 0."

- Action 11 g: The board adopted the annual resolution updating authorized district signatories (roll call recorded; unanimous yes).

- Action 11 h and 11 i: The board opted in to the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (CUPCA) and approved informal bidding procedures under CUPCA to streamline small public works (roll call recorded; unanimous yes).

- Action 11 j: The board acknowledged receipt of a claim dated Sept. 3 (received 09/03/2025) and approved the recommended rejection consistent with government code provisions.

- Financial and operational approvals: The board approved payment warrants (total reported in the meeting about $2,390,000), accepted donations reported at roughly $117,000 for the reporting period (year-to-date described as about $500,000), approved substitute rates for classified positions and the combined classified, certificated and administrative personnel reports.

Votes were recorded primarily as unanimous voice votes ("Passes 5 0") or roll-call aye votes when required. Where roll-call votes were recorded, trustees answered in the affirmative; a roll-call example given during a resolution showed unanimous "Aye" responses. Several items prompted brief discussion (e.g., facilities work was scheduled during winter break; the superintendent explained funding sources and timing for projects).

What the approvals cover next: facilities projects including fences and landscaping, campus restroom renovations at Los Alamitos High School, pilot instructional technology for TK/UTK, curriculum resources for K'8 and LAHS history, procurement process changes under CUPCA to allow streamlined small-public-works contracting, and routine operational approvals such as warrants, donations and personnel updates.

The board returned to closed session at the end of the meeting for continued discussion on labor negotiations and discipline matters.