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Board approves superintendent contract amendment, expulsions and several facilities actions
Summary
The district approved a personnel report, amended Superintendent Dr. Ward Andress’s contract (salary set to $352,000), approved student expulsions under Education Code, and adopted resolutions for preschool services and public‑finance lease/sublease supporting facility projects.
The Murrieta Valley Unified School District board approved several consent and action items during the evening’s business session.
Personnel and superintendent contract: The board approved the personnel report and subsequently adopted an amendment to Superintendent Dr. Ward Andress’s employment agreement (effective July 1, 2024). The oral summary read into the record said the superintendent’s annual salary will be $352,000, and the amendment aligns retiree‑health‑benefits eligibility with other certificated management employees.
Student discipline: The board voted unanimously on open‑session motions to expel students for violations of California Education Code sections cited during the meeting (including references to 48900 and 48915); expulsions were ordered for the remainder of the current semester and the following semester as described in the motions.
Facilities and finance: The board adopted Resolution 24/25‑10 authorizing a 2025 California Department of Education child‑development application to expand state preschool services, approved additive and deductive change orders for an elementary classroom building project, named a member to the Measure BB citizen oversight committee, and adopted a lease‑and‑sublease resolution through the Murrieta Valley Unified School District Public Financing Authority to implement financing documents for facility projects. The board also approved financing steps for acquiring a local church property to house family‑services classrooms and reduce reliance on aging portables.
Votes and procedure: Routine consent items F1–F5 were approved at the start of the business session. The superintendent‑contract amendment and the facilities resolutions were approved by recorded motions in open session; several items passed unanimously while the superintendent contract vote recorded one dissent. The board temporarily adjourned to convene the district’s public financing authority meeting to consider related financing documents and then reconvened.
Next steps: Implementation of facilities projects will proceed through the district’s contracting and financing timelines. Personnel and student‑discipline outcomes are final as recorded in the public minutes; contract changes become effective per the oral summary read in open session.
