Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Board Actions topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
La Mesa-Spring Valley board approves consent items, audit, solar exemptions and fee increases
Summary
At its Jan. 13 meeting the La Mesa-Spring Valley School Board approved minutes and the agenda, multiple consent packages, the annual audit, authorization for solar project exemptions (with two schools deferred), and fee increases for Extended Student Services and Smart Steps preschool effective July 1.
The La Mesa-Spring Valley School Board on Jan. 13 approved multiple routine and substantive items, including the annual audit, consent packages, authorization to file notices of exemption for solar projects, and fee increases for the district’s Extended Student Services (ESS) and Smart Steps preschool programs.
Procedural votes taken by voice included approval of the minutes and the meeting agenda early in the session. The board approved business consent items (which included a noted gift from the National Foundation for Autism Research for Rancho) and educational services consent items without extended discussion.
The board authorized staff to execute and file notices of exemption for district solar projects. A board member raised why two sites were not included; staff explained that La Mesa Dell is undergoing final layout changes and "Kempton was never actually built" as originally planned because of a steam connection and related credit issues. The board approved the solar authorization.
The board received and approved the district’s annual audit report; one board member called it a "clean audit." The board also approved school accountability report cards and human resources consent items, including hiring paraprofessionals for special education.
On fees, staff explained the district had not increased ESS fees since 2017 and is proposing adjustments to reflect minimum-wage and staffing cost increases; Smart Steps preschool fees must align with state preschool reimbursement rules. Staff noted assistance is available for most families. The board moved to approve the fee increases effective July 1 and approved them by voice vote.
No roll-call vote tallies or named vote records were included in the meeting transcript; actions were recorded as passed by voice vote. Where counts or named votes were not provided, the article reports the outcomes as the transcript records them.
