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Marysville Joint Unified board directs closed superintendent search, sets Jan.31–Mar.21 application window and appoints interim
Summary
Trustees accepted closed-session personnel actions and directed a closed superintendent search to open Jan. 31 and close March 21, 2025, with a July 1 start date; they accepted Interim Superintendent Roxanne Brown’s resignation (effective Jan. 31) and appointed Jordan Reaves interim effective Feb. 1, 2025.
The Marysville Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees on Jan. 14 directed staff to open a closed superintendent search on Jan. 31, 2025, and to close applications March 21, 2025, aiming for a July 1, 2025 start for the new superintendent. The board’s direction, announced after closed-session discussions, sets a timeline for stakeholder meetings and bargaining-group consultations through mid‑March.
Yuba County Office of Education consultant Rob Gregor presented the search process earlier in the meeting, outlining a multi‑phase plan that includes setting candidate characteristics, tailored stakeholder surveys, recruitment/advertising scope (local to national options), vetting and reference checks, optional stakeholder interview panels, and selection of finalists. Gregor identified members of his team who will support the process: Amy Nor (communications lead), Mary Hang (personnel director, responsible for references/background checks), and Haley Pomeroy (executive assistant and point of contact).
Board trustees voted at the meeting to accept several closed-session personnel outcomes. The board announced approval of motions concerning suspended-expulsion contracts and multiple contract reinstatements (motions reported as passing on recorded votes). The board also accepted the resignation of Interim Superintendent Roxanne Brown effective Jan. 31, 2025, and voted to place Jordan Reaves as interim superintendent effective Feb. 1, 2025.
Trustees agreed to begin meetings with bargaining groups immediately and scheduled three stakeholder meetings to gather public input for the search process; dates for those stakeholder meetings are to be determined. Gregor and staff emphasized tailoring surveys and holding in-person listening sessions at schools or community venues so the board receives differentiated input from students, teachers, classified staff, parents and taxpayers.
The board handled routine consent items later in the meeting (minutes corrections, personnel and business consent items), and separately debated meeting frequency. As part of business actions taken that night, trustees approved a motion to set regular meetings on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month.
What happens next: the district will publish the search timeline and recruitment materials, commence stakeholder outreach and tailored surveys, and begin bargaining‑group meetings through mid‑March as part of the process outlined by the county office of education.
Quotes and attribution follow the meeting transcript: "My name is Rob Gregor," Gregor said, outlining the five search phases and the option to include stakeholder interview panels. Angela Steagall, president of the Marysville Unified Teachers Association, said the district should meet individually with labor leaders "if you truly want to give your labor leaders the idea that you really do want that input."
