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FCMAT urges Chula Vista district to simplify HR and payroll systems; district outlines reforms

Chula Vista Elementary School District Board of Education · October 16, 2025
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Summary

FCMAT presented a management‑assistance review that flagged multiple personnel systems, weak position control and leave‑tracking gaps; district HR and business leaders described a timetable for consolidating systems, centralizing leave under HR and piloting digital time reporting.

Marcus Warwick, representing the California Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT), told the Chula Vista Elementary School District board that the team was brought in as a management assistance, "not the fiscal crisis." Warwick said FCMAT’s review focused on business services and human resources, including budget development, payroll, position control, hiring, onboarding and leave management. The review found that the district was storing personnel information across four locations—physical files, FileMaker Pro, Business Plus and PeopleSoft—creating duplication and uncertainty about the primary record of employment.

"When someone leaves the organization, is that process going with them?" Warwick asked, summarizing why…

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