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Moreno Valley Unified honors students and staff, approves facilities and fiscal steps
Summary
Trustees recognized student and staff achievements — including Valley View High's Distinguished School honor and Northridge Elementary's RAMP counseling award — and approved facility-related measures including higher statutory 'level one' school fees and a new attendance-area methodology for state construction grants.
The Moreno Valley Unified School District board spent a large portion of its meeting recognizing students, staff and district programs, and approved several administrative and facilities measures intended to support schools this year and in future construction cycles.
Student and staff recognitions led the meeting. Aubrey Gonzalez, ASB president at Valley View High School, highlighted student academic gains, extracurricular successes and a 96.5% graduation rate. “I'm honored to serve as the ASB president at Valley View High School,” Gonzalez told trustees, outlining scholarship awards and the school's role as an evacuation center during recent wildfires.
The board recognized Northridge Elementary School for earning the RAMP designation from the American School Counselor Association, an award district officials said demonstrates a comprehensive and data-driven counseling program; Ashley Hoggin Styles accepted the honor on the school's behalf. The district’s communications team received three CalSPRA awards plus the association president’s award for a campaign to sustain the dual-language immersion program; staff said that outreach coincided with a surge in TK enrollment.
On facilities and fiscal business, trustees approved a district resolution to adopt a 'high-school attendance-area' baseline methodology so the district can better qualify for state School Facility Program grants that fund new construction. Staff explained the change groups feeder schools around each comprehensive high school and gives the district more flexibility when applying for state construction dollars. The board also approved updated statutory school-fee levels (state-level “level one” fees) that set proposed residential fees at $5.38 per square foot and commercial rates at $0.87 per square foot; staff said the fee adjustments arise from state allocation-board updates and would become effective 60 days after adoption.
The board approved several personnel and operational actions: a variable waiver to hire a speech-language pathologist for 2026–27 where credentialing is in progress; elimination of certain vacant certificated and classified positions as part of periodic position-control cleanups; and new certificated job descriptions for preschool/TK inclusion teachers to reflect in-class supports for general-education and special-education students.
Trustees also discussed fiscal stabilization planning and scheduled a study session to review guiding principles (minimizing deficit spending, protecting classroom programs and exploring reductions in contract services), directing staff to bring material after the state May revise. The board received the district’s third-quarter Williams complaints report (no complaints filed) and adjourned at 10:28 p.m.
Outcome: Multiple proclamations and administrative items approved; staff to return with follow-up briefings on fiscal stabilization and implementation details for facility and community-school grants.
