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Board approves contract change orders, personnel resolutions, ethnicity-course outlines and school-safety subscription
Summary
At the meeting the board voted to approve change orders for solar shade and dust-collector projects, adopted several personnel resolutions including release of temporary employees, ratified an assignment-committee policy (waived second reading), approved new ethnic-studies course outlines and a three-year Raptor visitor-management subscription.
The Torrance Unified School District board approved a series of formal actions during the meeting, including construction change orders, personnel resolutions, a policy waiver and curricular and safety-related consent items.
Key actions and outcomes recorded on the agenda included:
- Closed-session actions: The board reported that it rejected tort claims submitted on behalf of two anticipated litigation matters and approved a settlement in case number 24TRcv01396; both close-session votes were reported as 4-0 with Trustee Han absent.
- Facilities/contract change orders: The board adopted a resolution to reset change-order limits and proceed with additional work on the Mesa Energy Systems solar shade and EV-charging structure projects at South and West High; members said work included selecting charging units in response to Southern California Edison rate changes and added asphalt replacement at West High. A subsequent resolution approved a smaller change order for a dust-collector installation at West High, with the additional work described on the record as about $25,000.
- Personnel/HR resolutions: The board adopted HR01 (reduction in particular kinds of service for 2025-26 affecting a French secondary position; impacted employee will have rights to an administrative hearing) and HR22 (release/notice to 71 temporary certificated employees, with March 15 and May 15 notice dates referenced). Board and staff described these as established procedures for managing staffing if enrollment or finances require reductions.
- Policy and consent approvals: The board waived a second reading and approved a board policy formalizing Committee on Assignment processes (to authorize certain assignments for permanent teachers without a specific credential authorization). The consent calendar carried with the exceptions noted; among pulled items the board approved new ethnic-studies course outlines (AP African-American Studies, African-American Studies, Asian-American Studies, Chicano Studies, Native American Studies, Filipino American Studies) and approved a three-year subscription to Raptor Technologies for visitor management (March 1, 2025to Feb. 28, 2028).
All motions reported on the record were carried by voice vote with "all in favor" called for each item; the transcript records "motion carries" for these items but does not provide a roll-call tally except for the earlier closed-session votes.
