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Cypress board approves grants, contracts and a positive interim budget certification
Summary
At its March 13 meeting the Cypress School District board approved two county grants totaling about $925,337, ratified personnel salary schedule changes, awarded a concrete/asphalt contract, and certified a positive second interim financial report projecting a year‑end balance of $9.7 million.
The Cypress School District Board of Trustees on March 13 approved a package of grants, contracts and budget actions and certified a positive fiscal outlook for the current and two succeeding years.
Grants and service agreements: the board approved an Orange County Superintendent of Schools agreement for the School Link Partnership and capacity grants program with grant funding of $194,973 (01/01/2025–06/30/2027) and approved the Inclusive Early Education Expansion Program agreement worth $730,364.48 (07/01/2024–06/30/2027). Both motions were moved and carried by voice vote.
Labor and compensation: trustees approved a tentative agreement with the Association of Cypress Teachers (including a certificated wage schedule effective 07/01/2024). The board accepted and adopted initial bargaining proposals exchanged with the California School Employees Association (CSEA) chapter 325 for 2024–25 negotiations following public‑hearing procedures.
Job classifications and salary schedules: the board approved revised job descriptions and salary-range increases for maintenance/operations/transportation classifications (range 26→30) and bus driver/utility worker (range 23→27) effective 04/01/2025. The board also ratified a revised certificated substitute salary schedule effective 03/01/2025.
Contracts and procurement: trustees awarded a one‑year master agreement (with renewal option) for the 2025 concrete and asphalt unit price bid (CSUB 03‑2024‑25) to Benz Asphalt Incorporated, effective 03/14/2025; the contract includes CPI‑based adjustments after the first year.
Budget certification: Chief Business Officer Dr. McCollum presented the district's second interim financial report and recommended a "positive" certification, which the board approved. Dr. McCollum reported "Revenues are coming in as we expected, at about $54,500,000," and expenditures near $57,600,000, noting the district plans to use some one‑time funds and expects to end the year with a "$9,700,000 balance" and to retain a 3% economic uncertainty reserve of about $1,700,000.
Votes at a glance: The meeting record shows the board carried the routine consent items and each listed approval by voice vote; no formal roll‑call tallies were recorded in the open session transcript.
