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Duarte Unified board ratifies multiple personnel settlements, approves expulsions and layoffs
Summary
Trustees reported several closed‑session personnel actions including a settlement affecting five certificated employees, a special‑education settlement and release, nonrenewal or reassignment of administrators, early termination of a classified manager's contract, a mutual separation with the assistant superintendent (including a $46,000 payment), and the expulsion of student 012526. Votes were recorded as in favor on the reported items.
The Duarte Unified School District board of trustees reported out of closed session that it had ratified a settlement with five certificated employees and adopted a final layoff resolution that will permit notices to be issued to affected staff.
The board also announced approval of a general release and settlement in a special‑education due‑process case (case no. 202620964), under which the district agreed to fund and provide specified educational services to the student while the student’s parents agreed to a release of claims. Separately, the board authorized nonrenewal or reassignment of an administrator (employee number GS7201601) effective at the close of the 2025–26 school year and approved termination of a classified management contract (employee WU605622) with early‑termination notifications and continuation of contractually agreed benefits through June 30, 2026.
In a separately reported action, the board said it had reached mutually agreed terms to terminate the employment contract of the assistant superintendent of business services; the board reported a district payment of $46,000 in exchange for a general waiver and release and agreed administrative terms. The board’s report noted that the agreement included standard provisions for continued compensation and benefits through the termination date and said there was no admission of wrongdoing by either party.
The board also voted to expel student 012526 pursuant to Education Code 48917 for the remainder of the current semester and the following semester, with placement at an alternative program and eligibility to seek readmission in December 2026 under Education Code 48916.
Board members recorded their votes on the closed‑session items; several of the motions were described as carrying by a 5‑0 vote. The district report to the board described transition supports for affected employees: employees who did not request a hearing were said to receive extended health benefits through Oct. 31, 2026, and employees partially laid off to receive extended, non‑prorated benefits through December 2026.
The board did not provide additional details in public about the terms of individual personnel files beyond the settlements and statutory citations announced. The superintendent and district staff said they would follow up on required legal notifications to employees and implement the voted personnel actions.
Votes at a glance: the board reported unanimous or recorded majorities for the closed‑session items announced (settlement ratifications, special‑education settlement/release, administrator reassignment/nonrenewal, classified contract termination, mutual separation agreement for assistant superintendent, and the student expulsion).
