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Buckeye Union School District approves textbooks resolution, contract openers, retirement window and stipend increases
Summary
At its Sept. 3 meeting the Buckeye Union School District Board adopted Resolution No. 26-01 on textbook sufficiency, accepted and approved contract openers and the District response for the Buckeye Teachers Association, set a Golden Handshake retirement window, approved stipend increases funded by the Buckeye Education Foundation, and adopted 2025–26 district goals.
The Buckeye Union School District Board of Trustees approved a set of routine and personnel actions at its Sept. 3 regular meeting, voting 3–0 on multiple items including a textbooks sufficiency resolution, formal acknowledgment of teacher bargaining proposals, a retirement incentive window, one‑year stipend increases, and the district’s next-year goals.
Rachelle Ball, director of curriculum and instruction, presented the staff report for Resolution No. 26‑01, the annual statement required under Education Code 60119 that the district provide sufficient standards‑aligned textbooks and instructional materials. Ball told trustees the District meets the sufficiency standard and asked the Board to adopt the resolution. After opening and immediately closing the public hearing with no testimony, Board Member Kirk Seal moved to adopt Resolution No. 26‑01; Board Member Melissa Keyzer seconded. The motion carried 3–0.
Assistant Superintendent Jackie McHaney presented the Buckeye Teachers Association’s initial contract opener proposals and the District’s response (both were sunshined for public inspection under California Government Code §3547). The public hearing drew no public comment; the Board approved receipt of the BTA proposals and approved the District’s initial proposals in a single motion, 3–0.
On personnel and compensation matters, the Board approved a Golden Handshake early retirement window for PERS‑covered staff running Nov. 21, 2025, through March 2, 2026. McHaney noted that participation must result in net cost savings for the District. The motion to approve the retirement window carried 3–0.
Superintendent David Roth presented revisions to the certificated stipend rate sheet for the 2025–26 school year, saying the Buckeye Education Foundation would fund the one‑year stipend improvements. The packet described a roughly 60% boost for some stipends (up to $599 per stipend) focused on positions providing direct service to students, with an estimated districtwide impact of just over $60,000. The Board approved the revised stipend schedule, 3–0.
Roth also reviewed the 2024–25 goals and objectives progress report and presented the proposed 2025–26 District Goals and Objectives. Trustees approved the goals in a 3–0 vote.
Motions were routinely moved by Board Member Kirk Seal and seconded by Board Member Melissa Keyzer unless otherwise noted; Trustees Brenda Hanson‑Smith (Board President), Seal and Keyzer were present and voted yes on the listed items; Trustees Jon Yoffie and Scott Masten were absent. No member of the public offered testimony on any of the hearing items.
The Board scheduled its next regular meeting for Sept. 17, 2025, and adjourned at 8:09 p.m.
