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Apple Valley Unified board tests electronic voting, goes into closed session and approves consent items with one recusal
Summary
Trustees convened, tested a new electronic voting process, moved into closed session for personnel and litigation matters, and later approved the consent calendar (items 1–53) with Trustee Maria Opara recusing herself on item 25.
The Apple Valley Unified School District board on Aug. 14 read aloud a multi-item closed-session agenda including pupil personnel annual reviews, litigation under Government Code §54956.9, anticipated litigation, public-employee discipline and labor negotiator conferences for both the teachers’ and classified employees’ unions. The board then moved into closed session and tested a new electronic voting system; members reported login and display issues but completed the vote to enter closed session.
After returning to open session at about 7:11 p.m., the board held routine trustee comments and reports. During the consent calendar handling, the board approved items 1–53 as a group; Trustee Maria Opara recused herself on consent item 25 because she is employed as an adjunct faculty member at California State University and noted a conflict. Item 51, a Williams settlement/uniform complaint item, prompted a trustee request for aggregate data on how many new teachers attended training and how many would be considered unqualified under reporting rules; staff said credentialing and qualification counts are reported annually to the county and state and will be provided later.
Roll-call-style electronic votes were used for several motions including adoption of the agenda and approval of grouped annual-review cases. Trustees asked staff to provide follow-up material on staffing, retiree health-benefit counts and budget impacts so the board can review details in a future meeting.
