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Board majority affirms support for superintendent after hours-long dispute over procedure and anonymous allegations
Summary
Trustees voted to table a governance resolution that critics said sought to retroactively reinterpret a prior tied vote, while separately approving a resolution supporting the superintendent and the executive cabinet amid sharp exchanges over procedure, budget claims and naming an unnamed trustee.
Apple Valley Unified School District trustees spent much of their April 2 meeting locked in a contentious debate over two related resolutions — one aimed at ‘‘curing and correcting’’ perceived procedural irregularities from a March meeting, the other billed as a show of support for Superintendent Nelson and the executive cabinet.
The meeting opened with routine student reports and recognitions but moved quickly into public comment and a packed discussion section. JC Scott, president of the district’s CSEA chapter, told the board that advancing resolution 2526-15 could ‘‘ignore and undermine’’ the outcome of a prior 2–2 vote and might create ‘‘ambiguity to the public record that raises legitimate concerns under the Brown Act.’’ Scott also urged the board to…
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