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Board confirms hires, honors athletes and hears student praise for college trips
Summary
Trustees confirmed key administrative hires, presented resolutions honoring North Salinas athletics, and heard multiple student public comments praising overnight college trips to Seattle.
The Salinas Union High School District board confirmed several personnel actions reported out of closed session and used the public-meeting time to recognize student achievements and hear student testimony about college visits.
In closed-session reports read into the public record, the board recorded the appointment of Araceli Quintas as assistant principal at El Sausal Middle School (7-0), Brian McKee as VAPA coordinator (6-1, Trustee Huerta no), and Dr. Margarita Contreras as principal of Salinas High School (7-0). After the report, Dr. Christie Allen was introduced and welcomed as the district's newly selected director of human resources.
The board adopted Resolution 2695 to honor the North Salinas High School varsity boys track and field team as the 2025-2026 Pacific Coast Athletic League Cypress Division champions and read the roster of coaches and student-athletes.
During public comment, students from Mount Toro and Alisal High Schools (Ashley Nuf1ez, Yuetina Ochoa, Salvador Mendoza, Kaylee/Kaylin Suarez Moreno) described an overnight college field trip to Seattle as transformative, highlighting campus visits to the University of Washington and Seattle University and skills learned navigating public transit and college environments. Board members thanked the students for sharing their experiences but did not engage in dialogue during public comment per Brown Act rules.
