Chino Valley Unified board moves into closed session over litigation, personnel and student-discipline matters

The Chino Valley Unified Board of Education on March 19, 2026 adjourned its regular meeting into closed session to consider multiple litigation matters, student-discipline cases, labor negotiations and a personnel appointment, the board Chair announced.

The Chair told those present, "We will now adjourn into closed session regarding the following matters, which are all described in detail on the printed agenda," and then read a list that included anticipated litigation (two cases), existing litigation (six cases), student-discipline matters including student readmission, negotiations with ACT and CSEA, a public-employee appointment for an elementary school assistant principal, and public-employee discipline, dismissal and release. The Chair also asked whether any members of the public wished to speak on closed-session items; none were recorded in the provided transcript segments.

The adjournment into closed session is a procedural step that moves discussion of those items out of the public portion of the meeting. The transcript does not record any public votes or outcomes on the listed matters; formal action or public reporting of results, if any, would occur after any closed-session deliberations as allowed under state law and the district's procedures. The Chair noted the presence of an individual in the meeting room but did not identify that person on the public record in these segments.

The meeting had previously recorded attendance as Cervantes, Na, Smith and Shaw present and Cruz absent. The board’s printed agenda was referenced as containing more detailed descriptions of the closed-session items.