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Santa Clara Unified board approves routine items, facility namings, resolutions, appointments and student-discipline waivers
Summary
At its May 6 meeting the Santa Clara Unified board unanimously approved consent agendas, two facility memorial requests, several resolutions recognizing days, the appointment of a Sutter Elementary principal and waivers of administrative hearings with suspended enforcement for multiple students; several construction and staffing items were also approved.
The Santa Clara Unified School District Board of Trustees approved a set of routine and action items at its May 6 meeting, including consent items, two facility naming/memorial requests, multiple resolutions, a principal appointment and student-discipline waivers.
The board approved human-resources consent items (I-1 through I-3) and consent items J-1 through J-17 by a unanimous vote of 7-0 with student trustee Suresh voting yes. The board also approved two facility naming requests: a memorial plaque at Bowers Elementary in honor of former teacher Philip Volta, and a memorial bench at Don Callejon Arts & Design School to honor lead custodian Paolo Avila; both passed 7-0.
The board adopted several resolutions recognizing days and awareness efforts, including Resolution 26-27 affirming 05/06/2026 as National School Nurse Day, Resolution 26-28 affirming 04/29/2026 as National Fentanyl Awareness Day, Resolution 26-29 affirming 05/05/2026 as Day of the Teacher, and others; all were adopted unanimously.
In personnel action, the board appointed Michelle Otto as principal of Sutter Elementary. The motion was moved and seconded and passed 7-0. The board also approved change order number 1 for Guerra Construction Group on the Briarwood Elementary modernization project and accepted several waivers of administrative hearings for student expulsions with suspended enforcement and specified change of placements and reinstatement eligibility through 04/23/2027; trustees voted unanimously on those items.
The board extended the meeting time to 11:30 p.m. to finish business and later moved into closed session before adjourning at 11:17 p.m.
