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Board approves consent items, graduation requirement updates and several facilities resolutions
Summary
Trustees approved the consent agenda (including gifts totaling roughly $52,518.21 for the item and a cumulative annual total announced), adopted updated graduation requirements adding an ethnic-studies half-credit and approved several facilities/financial resolutions including temporary interfund loans, an HVAC change order and declaring Long Canyon surplus for potential cell-tower lease.
The Simi Valley Unified School District board approved the consent agenda and several action items during the meeting.
Consent and gifts: Trustees approved routine consent items and accepted multiple donations, including PTA and booster checks and an in-kind vehicle donation. The itemized gifts in the agenda included amounts such as $1,800 (Santa Susana PTA), $4,224.98 (Big Springs PTA), $5,100 (Sycamore PTA) and several booster donations; the agenda reported a total for the item near $52,518.21 and a cumulative total for the year cited in the meeting.
Graduation requirements: The board adopted recommended updates to graduation requirements that the A–G committee developed, including the addition of a half-credit/semester for ethnic studies (state requirement) and language clarifications to better reflect course rigor. Trustees approved the changes by roll call.
Facilities and financial resolutions: The board adopted multiple facilities and finance resolutions by roll call, including temporary interfund loan authorization for fiscal-year 24–25, closure of a Wells Fargo ASB checking/money-market account, and authorization of change order #1 for an HVAC replacement at Simi Valley High School. The board also approved a resolution declaring the Long Canyon property surplus and available for lease to public or private sector for cell tower purposes.
Votes at a glance: The personnel appointment for Monte Vista and the fiscal/facilities items described above were recorded as approved by roll call, with trustees voting in the affirmative on the listed items.
What’s next: Several information items will return for future board action (dual-language curriculum adoption scheduled for June action, and continued planning for Measure X projects and potential future bond timing).
