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PVPUSD board reports OAH settlement, adopts resolutions to notify certificated and classified staff of layoffs
Summary
At its May 13 meeting the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District board announced it approved an OAH settlement and adopted two resolutions directing notices of termination or reduction of hours for certificated and classified employees; both actions were approved by roll call 5-0.
The Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District Board of Education on May 13 announced the approval of a settlement in Office of Administrative Hearings case No. 2026020807 and adopted two resolutions directing notices to employees subject to layoff or reduction of hours.
Board president Sarah Dean read the closed-session readout to the public and acknowledged the difficulty of the process: “I next have to do a readout. This is not fun…The timing is absolutely horrible,” she said, noting the actions stem from prior board steps and a statutory deadline.
Why it matters: The board adopted Resolution No. 31 (certificated terminations) and Resolution No. 32 (classified reductions), both of which require the district to provide affected employees formal notices by May 14 with employment terminations or hour reductions effective at the close of the current school year. In the OAH settlement the district agreed to provide student-related services and the student involved waived claims against the district. The certificated layoff settlement described extended health and welfare coverage through Dec. 30, 2026, and extended reemployment rights of 45 months for the affected certificated staff.
What the board voted: The meeting record shows a roll-call vote of 5-0 in favor of the actions. The board members recorded as voting yes were Sara (Sarah) Dean, Ami Gandhi, Linda Reid, Linda Kurt and Eric Alegria.
Details provided at the meeting: Staff read employee identifiers (employee numbers) linked to the certificated and classified actions and relayed an administrative law judge's decision that reduced the hours of a pool technician classification to four hours for the employee listed under employee number DA6833257. The board read and ratified a layoff settlement for three certificated teachers that included temporary extension of benefits and the reemployment rights described above.
What happens next: The notices required by the resolutions will be issued by the district by the dates stated in the readout. The board did not take additional public action on related contract or budget items during the open session.
Context and legal authority: The board tied the actions to the district's adoption of a reduction-in-force resolution (identified in the readout as Resolution No. 31) and to administrative procedures following an OAH proceeding. The district indicated these actions are required by the timelines governing employment notices and applicable administrative decisions.
Closing note: Board members repeated appreciation for staff and acknowledged the difficulty of personnel actions while indicating the board would follow the administrative timeline and legal requirements spelled out in the readout.
