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Board approves policy updates, reclassification criteria and multiple procurement items; votes recorded
Summary
Trustees approved CSBA policy updates (August and September), reclassification criteria for English learners, donations and several procurement and capital items including DSA plan-review fees for the Brighton Gym; most board votes recorded as unanimous (3–0).
At the Nov. 12 meeting the Santa Paula Unified School District board took a series of formal actions and recorded votes on multiple items.
Key approvals included the second readings and adoption of CSBA policy updates for August and September 2025 (motions carried on board votes reported in the record as 3–0), and approval of reclassification criteria for ELD reclassification recommended by the district's ELD task force. The board also approved several procurement and facilities items: DSA plan-review fees for the Brighton Gym (plan-check/project oversight fees discussed in the presentation), replacement kitchen equipment for Blanchard Elementary (CNS item), floor finishing for the SPHS 800 wing funded from a CTEIG grant allocation that must be encumbered by the end of the calendar year, and a low bid award for baseball-field fencing (construction to occur after the season). Donations totaling approximately $4,700 and in‑kind donations (engineering kits; candy) were accepted.
Votes in the meeting minutes show consistent 'passes 3 0' outcomes for most action items recorded in open session; where closed‑session expulsions were reported earlier in the night they were announced with the closed‑session tallies noted by the board president.
