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Board approves consent items, audit and school accountability reports; hiring updates highlighted
Summary
At its meeting the La Mesa–Spring Valley board approved routine minutes and consent items, accepted an unmodified 2023–24 audit opinion with one administrative finding, approved School Accountability Report Cards and HR consent items including new paraprofessionals and transportation hires.
The La Mesa–Spring Valley School Board recorded unanimous voice approvals on a set of consent items and formal reports during the meeting.
The board approved minutes of the previous meeting and the evening’s agenda by voice vote after a motion and a second.
An auditor presented the district’s fiscal year 2023–24 audit (ending June 30, 2024) and reported an unmodified opinion. The auditor described one audit finding—related to posting requirements for the public hearing on sufficiency of instructional materials—and staff said the finding had no financial impact and an internal process was established to ensure required postings occur. The board moved to approve the audit report and approved it by voice vote.
The board also approved business services and educational services consent items, followed by approval of the School Accountability Report Cards (SARC), which staff said primarily reflect 2023–24 data downloaded from the California Department of Education. Trustees questioned trends in chronic absenteeism and suspension disparities by student group; staff described a cross‑departmental review process, monthly demographically broken-down suspension reports, and district-level diversion tracking for middle schools (grades 6–8).
Human resources staff reported progress on recruitment: the board approved HR consent items that included hiring approvals for 10 special-education paraprofessionals. HR staff noted that a transportation job fair produced 19 transportation substitutes who are entering onboarding. The district said it centralized paraprofessional hiring to speed candidate processing.
Meeting procedural actions taken (motions and voice votes): approval of minutes and board agenda; approval of business services consent items; acceptance of the 2023–24 audit report (unmodified opinion; one administrative finding); approval of educational services consent items; approval of School Accountability Report Cards; approval of human resources consent items (paraprofessionals and other hires).
