Chino Valley Unified board adjourns to closed session to discuss litigation, personnel and labor talks

The Chino Valley Unified Board of Education on April 16, 2026, adjourned into closed session at 3:45 p.m. to discuss several confidential matters, the board chair announced (the chair is not identified by name in the transcript).

The board opened the meeting and noted that Cervantes, Cruz, Noss, Smith and Shaw were present. The chair then asked staff member Reagan whether any members of the public had requested to speak on closed-session items; Reagan replied, “There are none.” The chair said, “We will now adjourn to closed session regarding the following matters, which are all described in detail on the printed agenda.”

According to the agenda items read into the record, the closed session was scheduled to cover: conference with legal counsel regarding two anticipated litigation matters and six existing litigation matters; student matters; conference with labor negotiators representing ACT and CSEA; public employee appointments for a director of student support services and a director of transportation; and public employee discipline, dismissal, release and performance. The announcement stated these matters were described in detail on the printed agenda provided to the board.

No votes or public deliberations on these items were recorded in the portions of the meeting captured in the public transcript. The board then moved into closed session; the transcript ends with the announcement of the topics to be addressed in private.

The meeting record does not identify the chair by name and does not provide further detail about the litigation, student matters, labor negotiation positions, or personnel matters; those matters are confidential and were scheduled for closed-session discussion.