Marysville Joint Unified board approves unaudited 2024–25 actuals showing $29.4M fund-balance improvement

The Marysville Joint Unified School District board voted to approve the district—s unaudited 2024—6 actuals, accepting staff—s accounting that the district closed the year with a combined fund balance of $88.7 million, $29.4 million above the June projection of $59.3 million.

Deputy Superintendent Gabe Simon and business-services staff told trustees the improvement reflected stronger-than-expected LCFF (Local Control Funding Formula) revenues, higher average daily attendance, modestly increased state and local receipts including interest earnings, and a number of unspent or carried-over restricted grants and Prop. 28 funds. "We closed the books at $145.4 million in unrestricted revenue, up from our estimate of $139.8 million," staff said. Combined expenditures closed at $195.3 million versus a projected $223.4 million, producing the favorable variance.

The board treated the unaudited-actuals report as an action item and approved it by voice vote; the transcript records motions and "motion carries" calls but does not include a roll-call tally. The district will present the first interim update for 2025—6 in December and adopt the 2025—626 budget next June, staff said.

The board also approved several routine items during the meeting: the Aug. 26, 2025 meeting minutes, the consent agenda covering items 12.1 through 14.5, and a revised job description for a Nutrition Services warehouse lead (salary range adjusted from 35 to 27). Those motions were moved and seconded by named trustees and recorded as "motion carries" in the transcript; no individual vote counts are listed in the record provided.

Public comment and union remarks at the meeting focused on personnel and oversight concerns rather than the budget. Angela Steagall, president of the Marysville Unified Teachers Association, thanked student speakers and criticized remarks made by the board president at a prior meeting, saying the union would "continue to speak here and anywhere else." Steagall said a related personnel complaint had been active for 1,431 days and noted 419 days until the next board election. The board did not debate those personnel allegations in open session; Deputy Superintendent Gabe Simon reminded the audience that "the board cannot hear complaints about individual employees in open session" and said the matter would be referred to staff for follow up.

Community commenter Erica Schlosser urged trustees to increase site visits and engagement with staff and families and criticized past administrative spending and personnel decisions; she said employees had previously filed a vote of no confidence and urged the board to "make several dates at the sites that you represent." The transcript shows no substantive rebuttal from trustees during the public-comment period, apart from the procedural referral to staff under the Brown Act.

Board members thanked student representatives from Lindhurst, Marysville Charter Academy of the Arts and Marysville High for their reports on fall activities and FFA participation. The meeting adjourned with the next regular meeting scheduled for Sept. 23, 2025.

Quoted from the record: "This is Gabe Simon, Deputy Superintendent," Simon said when reminding the dais of roles and process. Erica Schlosser told trustees, "You need to make a date. Make several dates at the sites that you represent and make yourself available." Angela Steagall said, "we will persevere. We'll continue to speak here and anywhere else."