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Board approves staff appreciation and mental health resolutions, retirement incentive, contracts and audits
Summary
At its April 20 meeting the Newman‑Crows Landing Unified board approved Resolutions 2526/11 and 2526/12, a retirement incentive MOU, multiple service contracts, accepted the 2024–25 bond audit and audited financial statements, and approved a property purchase and other routine items; most votes were unanimous 5–0.
The Newman‑Crows Landing Unified School District board approved a series of action items on April 20, 2026, including staff appreciation resolutions, service contracts and the district’s audited financial statements.
The board unanimously approved Resolution 2526/11 recognizing staff appreciation days and weeks and Resolution 2526/12 recognizing California Student Mental Health Week.
The board approved a memorandum of understanding for a retirement incentive program for the 2025–26 school year. According to staff, the program allocated $150,000 to provide $10,000 payments to the first 15 eligible employees who chose to retire; seven employees accepted the incentive.
Contracts approved included a one‑year Center for Human Services agreement to expand mental‑health service hours (funded through a children and youth behavioral health initiative capacity grant), the Stanislaus County Office of Education 2026–27 master agreement for professional and fiscal services, and an independent educational evaluation contract. The board accepted the 2024–25 bond measure independent financial and performance audit prepared by Eide Bailly and accepted the district’s audited financial statements for 2024–25. Auditors reported no bond findings but noted a significant deficiency in financial statement preparation related to carryover transactions and identified a state‑compliance issue concerning misclassified free/reduced eligibility that will adjust certain future revenue estimates.
The board also approved the 2025–26 administrator‑to‑teacher ratio and authorized purchase of a parcel adjacent to Metairie Field from the city of Newman using bond‑eligible funds to secure the varsity baseball field and construct a shared sidewalk. The board approved a declaration of need for fully qualified educators to allow short‑term or intern permits in hard‑to‑fill subjects and updated a district office specialist job description.
Votes were recorded on the record for action items and were reported by roll call; the meeting transcript records most action votes as carried unanimously (5–0).
The board will continue to implement several approved contracts and the finance team will address audit findings in follow‑up work.
