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Board approves appointments, second interim budget and multiple contracts; rejects out-of-budget fencing bids
Summary
The board appointed Kathy Pearson as executive director for student services, approved a Zen Booth safe-space purchase, certified the second interim financial report with a Positive certification, and approved several capital and service contracts while rejecting certain fencing bids as over budget.
At its meeting the Yucaipa-Calimesa Board took a series of formal actions spanning personnel, budget certification and procurement.
Appointment: The board voted (5–0, including President joining by phone) to appoint Kathy Pearson to the position of Executive Director for Student Services following a motion by Sharon Banister and second by Regina Cruz. Kathy Pearson thanked the board and said she was humbled by the appointment.
Zen Booth/employee-support space (5.01): Board members approved use of a grant to create an on-campus voluntary de-escalation and safe space (a portable "Zen Booth") and to relocate staff offices to provide the school psychologist with an assessment workspace; the motion was moved by Sharon Banister and seconded by Regina Cruz and approved by voice vote.
Budget certification: The district’s second interim financial report — covering July 1, 2024 through Jan. 31, 2025 — was presented and the board approved a Positive certification. The report indicated the district continues to manage a multi-year projection, noted special-education expenditures (presentation cited roughly $23 million total with approximately $7 million state and $2 million federal), and discussed upcoming May Revise and June budget adoption steps.
Contracts and capital projects: The board approved a series of consent and action items including kitchen modernization projects at Wildwood Elementary and Yucaipa High School, audio-visual purchases for two schools, replacement purchases of English-class books, consultant agreements (including a Freedom Writers Foundation engagement), cultural-arts programming and other routine contracts. The board also moved to reject fencing bids at several sites that exceeded budget and instructed staff to re-scope and reprioritize the work.
Vote tallies recorded in the transcript were voice votes with roll-call phrasing ("all those in favor I"), and where a numeric tally was given the Kathy Pearson appointment was recorded as a 5–0 vote (President joined on phone). The board did not amend or table these items during the meeting.
