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Burbank board approves resolutions, hiring freeze and a two‑year telehealth pilot
Summary
At its Jan. 15 meeting the board unanimously adopted proclamations recognizing School Counseling Week, Black History Month and Holocaust Remembrance; it approved a two‑tier hiring freeze, several professional service contracts, a vehicle lease buyout, and a two‑year Daybreak Health telehealth MOU (4‑0, one abstention).
The Burbank Unified School District board approved several routine and policy items during its Jan. 15 meeting, including proclamations and operational actions intended to align the district’s immediate work with budget conditions and community priorities.
The board adopted three proclamations unanimously: Resolution 15 recognizing the week of Feb. 2–6, 2026, as School Counseling Week; a resolution recognizing February 2026 as Black History Month; and a resolution proclaiming Jan. 27, 2026, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. District library staff presented curated book lists to support in‑school programming connected to those observances.
On personnel and fiscal management matters, trustees approved routine notices to temporary teachers required by Ed Code and adopted a two‑tiered hiring freeze for classified, certificated and management positions intended to preserve contractually required fills while limiting new hires during a period of fiscal caution. The hiring freeze passed unanimously.
The board also ratified multiple professional services agreements — for interpreting, human resources training and short‑term HR consulting — and approved terminating a long‑running fleet lease with Enterprise and buying out 16 facilities vehicles; staff said mileage is relatively low and the buyout is fiscally prudent.
On student mental health, the board approved a memorandum of understanding with Daybreak Health to provide telehealth services at no cost to the district for two years. The measure passed with four votes in favor and one abstention. Trustees requested reporting on program utilization and outcomes and asked whether language access — currently English and Spanish — can be extended for families speaking other languages.
Board members signaled a desire to tighten discretionary spending generally, asking staff to return with clearer historical conference and event spending and to prioritize governance training such as the CSBA Masters in Governance for trustees. Several trustees emphasized the need to coordinate community visibility with fiscal constraints.
