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Board ratifies employee contracts, approves superintendent pay amendment after split vote
Summary
Trustee action ratified agreements with employee associations unanimously; an amendment to the superintendent’s 2025 compensation including a one‑time 2.5% off‑schedule payment narrowly passed 3‑2 after debate over parity and collective bargaining, and parallel administrative pay amendments were approved for several assistant superintendents.
The Cajon Valley Union School District governing board ratified multiple labor agreements and considered administrative salary amendments during its January meeting.
On the consent and action agenda the board ratified an agreement with the California School Employees Association (chapter 179) and approved contracts with the Cajon Valley Education Association and the Cajon Valley Administrators Association. Those three items were approved in separate motions by roll call and passed unanimously in the meeting record (5‑0).
Later in the agenda trustees debated Amendment 6, which the district framed as reflecting a 2% salary increase effective July 1, 2025, and a one‑time 2.5% off‑schedule payment to be distributed in April 2026 for the superintendent’s employment agreement. One trustee moved to strike the 2.5% one‑time payment; that amendment failed in board discussion. The original motion on Amendment 6 was approved by a 3‑2 vote as recorded by the board president.
Board discussion on Amendment 6 referenced parity with collectively bargained increases and the district's obligation under the collective bargaining agreements. One trustee urged that cabinet compensation followed the negotiated increases given to bargaining units; others urged scrutiny of added one‑time payments to administrators.
The board also considered a set of parallel amendments (Item E through H) to apply similar 2% increases and one‑time payments to other administrators. Those items were taken individually and recorded as passing in the transcript where noted (examples recorded as 4‑1 or 5‑0 depending on the item in the meeting minutes).
Trustees approved the items after public comment and internal debate; the board president called for votes and announced the results during the meeting. The approvals will require budget amendments to reflect the increased payroll costs, as the agenda reports cited compliance with AB 1200 reporting.
The board did not take additional substantive fiscal actions tied to these items at the meeting beyond approving the agreements and authorizing budget amendments as reflected in the agenda language.
Votes and formal actions recorded in the meeting transcript include unanimous ratifications of the employee agreements and a recorded 3‑2 approval for Amendment 6 on the superintendent's compensation.
