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San Ramon Valley Unified board approves closed-session agenda on litigation, personnel and labor negotiations
Summary
The San Ramon Valley Unified School District Board of Education voted 5-0 to accept a closed-session agenda and adjourn into closed session to consider pending litigation (including OAH case no. 2025120043), personnel appointments and discipline, labor negotiations, and superintendent evaluations. No public comments were made.
The San Ramon Valley Unified School District Board of Education voted 5-0 to accept a closed-session agenda and adjourn into closed session to address pending litigation, personnel matters and appointments, labor negotiations and performance evaluations.
The vote followed a roll call in which trustees identified their areas: Trustee Shelley Clark (Area 2), Trustee Laura Bratt (Area 3), Trustee Rachel Heard (Area 5), Trustee Jesse Vanzy (Area 1) and Trustee Susanna Ordway (Area 4). The board President noted the meeting was being video-recorded and live-streamed on the district’s YouTube channel.
Board members listed the closed-session items to be discussed. Item 4.1 is pending litigation under Government Code section 54956.9, subdivision (a), including Office of Administrative Hearings case number 2025120043. Item 4.2 is a conference with legal counsel regarding anticipated litigation under Government Code section 54956.9(d)(2) (one case). Item 4.3 covers public-employee discipline, dismissal or release under Government Code section 54957. Item 4.4 lists public-employee appointments under Government Code section 54957 for the positions of director of human resources compliance, director of special education, assistant director of special education and two assistant principals for Monte Vista High and Diablo Vista Middle School. Item 4.5 is conference with labor negotiators under Government Code section 54957.6; the district named Melanie Jones as its designated representative and listed employee organizations as “Servia, CSEA, SEIU, and unrepresented.” Item 4.6 is performance evaluation for the superintendent and assistant superintendents under Government Code section 54957.
A trustee moved to accept the closed-session agenda "as presented"; the mover is not identified in the transcript. Trustee Susanna Ordway seconded the motion, saying, "I'll second." The board approved the agenda by voice vote, recorded as 5 in favor and 0 opposed, and immediately adjourned to closed session to discuss the listed items. There were no public comments before the vote.
Because the board entered closed session, no substantive discussion or outcomes on the listed litigation, personnel actions, appointments or evaluations were disclosed in the public record at this meeting. Any formal actions or decisions arising from those closed-session discussions would be reported in subsequent public minutes or announcements, as required by law.
