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Board pulls amendment to superintendent's employment agreement as the community debates his future
Summary
Public comment at a Cajon Valley Union School District board meeting was dominated by competing testimonials over Superintendent Dr. Miaro; the board removed an agenda item to amend his contract and approved several personnel and operational measures after extended discussion.
The Cajon Valley Union School District board removed an agenda item to amend the superintendent's employment agreement and heard more than an hour of public testimony both supporting and criticizing the superintendent before approving a slate of personnel and program items.
Greg Oddinger, introduced himself as a parent, former district teacher and site-council chair and urged the board to prioritize a transparent evaluation process: "I sincerely hope the rumors of a separation agreement with Dr. Miaro are not true," he said, and cautioned that any separation would have fiscal consequences for the district.
Other public commenters described sharply different views. Megan Hughes, Vista Grande PTA president, said the district had "increasing enrollment, a steady budget surplus, labor peace" under current leadership and urged renewal of the superintendent's contract rather than dismissal. Student and PTA testimony resurfaced on themes of pandemic leadership, family-engagement programs and student opportunities such as TEDx Kids and World of Work; Jose Sabedra, a ninth-grade student, said, "Dr. Miaro has been that major influence" on his academic path.
After the public-comment period and a brief closed session, the board president asked to remove item 13D (an amendment to the superintendent's employment agreement) from the agenda. The motion to remove 13D was made, seconded and approved 5-0. The board chair reported "no report" out of closed session.
The meeting then moved through consent and action items. The board adopted routine consent items and approved several personnel contract extensions for cabinet-level employees and other measures (see "Votes at a glance" for a complete list). During debate on a separate item (12H) concerning compensation for Trustee Lily Schwarm related to an April absence, trustees discussed bylaw 9250.1 and accepted a process whereby Trustee Schwarm will provide documentation (30 days prior or 30 days following the missed meeting) for the board to ratify compensation.
Board members and speakers repeatedly framed their remarks as coming either from long-time volunteers and parents who credited district programs with student success, or from speakers who said they had concerns about leadership accountability and last-minute contract practices. The board did not announce any formal action regarding the superintendent's employment that night beyond the removal of item 13D from the published agenda.
The meeting concluded with a series of school- and district-level presentations and recognitions that trustees and community members said demonstrated the district's progress in literacy, career programming and student-engagement initiatives.
