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Board approves governance handbook, summer-school dates and multiple staff and contract items
Summary
At the Jan. 27 meeting the board approved a new district governance handbook, set summer-school dates (June 2–30, 2026), adopted a National School Counselors Week proclamation, and approved a series of personnel and contract items including provisional internship permits and classified MOUs.
The Barstow Unified School District Board of Trustees on Jan. 27 approved several agenda items including a final draft of a new governance handbook, summer-school dates for June 2–30, 2026, and multiple personnel and contract actions.
Trustees approved the final governance handbook after months of review by the board and staff. One trustee thanked colleagues and staff for substantial work on what was described as nearly a new handbook rather than a light update.
The board also adopted Resolution No. 15 designating Feb. 2–6, 2026, as National School Counseling Week in Barstow Unified and approved the summer-school calendar and program plan designed to serve up to 800 students with elementary STEM programming and high-school credit recovery (the latter to be delivered online).
In personnel and contract actions, the board approved consultant agreements for two student assemblies for Crestline Elementary (item K27: a social-emotional learning assembly by Mark Griffith on Jan. 28; item K29: an Academic Entertainment production on March 13), approved provisional internship permits and recommended certificated hires for two special-education positions (Brandy Boon and Roxanna Morales), and ratified classified agreements including an interim out-of-class assignment for facilities lead Fabian Carrillo Sanchez and a new low‑voltage specialist job description and MOU.
Most items were considered on the consent calendar; K27 and K29 were pulled for explanation before being approved. The meeting transcript records motions, seconds and voice votes approving the listed items; explicit roll-call tallies were not read into the public record during the meeting.
What happens next: Approved operational items (governance handbook, summer-school plan, personnel authorizations and MOUs) will move into implementation by district staff; specific budgetary or contract details will be administered by staff and brought back to the board if further action is required.
