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Lemon Grove board unanimously approves audits, budget, construction contracts and superintendent search timeline
Summary
At its March 12 meeting the Lemon Grove School District Governing Board unanimously approved the annual general obligation bond audit, the second interim budget report, an RFQ to create a construction management pool, a construction management proposal for Van Pelt Construction Services, election to the CSBA Delegate Assembly, and a timeline for the superintendent search.
The Lemon Grove School District Governing Board on March 12 voted unanimously to approve a package of fiscal and contracting items and to set a timeline for its superintendent search.
In separate motions the board approved the Annual General Obligation Bond Audit covering Proposition W, Measure R and Measure Q (motion by Cheryl Robertson; second by Dorinda Miller), and approved the Second Interim Budget Report (motion by Jasmin Smith; second by Cheryl Robertson). The board also approved RFQ# 2023‑24‑01 to establish a pre‑qualified Construction Management Services pool (motion by Cheryl Robertson; second by Yajaira Preciado) and approved a construction management services proposal for Van Pelt Construction Services (motion by Dr. Javier Ayala; second by Dorinda Miller). Each motion was recorded as carried with a unanimous yea vote by the five members present: Dr. Javier Ayala, Dorinda Miller, Yajaira Preciado, Cheryl Robertson and Jasmin Smith.
The board also voted to submit the district’s selection for the 2024 California School Boards Association Delegate Assembly (motion by Dorinda Miller; second by Cheryl Robertson) and to approve the proposed timeline guiding the superintendent search (motion by Jasmin Smith; second by Dorinda Miller). The transcript does not include debate or amendment language on these items in the supplied record; each is recorded as approved.
The consent agenda — covering routine items B through V, including minutes, personnel actions, warrants, gifts, ratifications of contracts and a range of quotes and contract amendments (TabletKiosk; ST Math - Mind Education; 95 Percent; Ro Health, LLC; San Diego County Superintendent of Schools agreements) — was moved for approval on the record; the supplied transcript shows the motion to approve items B–V but does not record a mover/second or an explicit vote tally for the consent motion in the provided excerpt. The meeting packet linked in the agenda contains details for those consent items.
The board also received an update on the Early Childhood Education Center design‑build project and listed a potential future agenda item concerning a project labor agreement. During non‑agendized public comment, Mr. James Sepulvado of Grossmont‑Cuyamaca Community College District invited attendees to the Expanded Learning After School Music Concert at Helix Charter High School. The meeting adjourned at 8:13 p.m.
