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Apple Valley Unified board approves employee separation, $6,400 settlement and expulsions after closed session
Summary
After a closed session, the Apple Valley Unified Board approved a separation agreement with an employee and authorized a $6,400 settlement in litigation; the board also approved several student disciplinary actions, including expulsions and admissions listed on the agenda.
The Apple Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees reported after closed session that it approved a separation agreement with employee 859 and authorized a settlement payment of $6,400 in litigation.
Board members announced the items during their public meeting report. On a motion by Maria opara, seconded by Dennis Bender, the board approved the separation agreement for employee 859. The board also authorized the district's director of risk management to finalize a settlement in case CVSB 24444 in the amount of $6,400.
District staff said the approvals were taken following closed-session consideration of personnel and litigation matters under the cited Government Code sections. The board recorded both decisions as unanimous votes.
In the subsequent action section the board approved multiple disciplinary and admission items listed on the agenda, including the administrative hearing chairperson's recommendation in expulsion case number 1224 2025 and a stipulated expulsion (stated as —324 2024—4 in the record); motions to approve each item were made and the board voted to adopt them as presented. The board also approved certificated and classified personnel actions and requested leaves as listed on the agenda.
The board did not provide further public details about the personnel separation or the underlying litigation during the public meeting report. The district indicated the settlement and personnel matters were handled in closed session consistent with state law. The board referred remaining procedural or legal questions to district staff and the risk management office.
What happens next: The board placed multiple consent items on the public agenda and approved them, with one minor textual amendment to item 5 requested by Trustee Amanda Buchanan. Additional details about specific personnel records and litigation documents were not read into the public record at the meeting.
