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Board adopts ELOP plan and expands Eagle's Nest director role with pay increase
Summary
The board approved the state's Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELOP) for Sunol Glen and a reworked job description, including about a $7,000 salary increase for the Eagle's Nest director, to support a mandatory before/after/summer program for TK–6 students.
The Sunol Glen Unified board voted to adopt the California Expanded Learning Opportunity Program (ELOP) and approved a change to the Eagle's Nest director job description that includes an estimated $7,000 raise to cover expanded duties.
Administration described ELOP as a state-funded program for before-school, after-school and intersession/summer enrichment for transitional kindergarten through sixth grade. "ELOP provides funding from the California Department of Ed for after school summer enrichment programs and summer for transitional kindergarten through 6th grade," the presenter said during the slide presentation. Staff stressed ELOP is mandatory for local education agencies and that apportionment is based on unduplicated student counts; the district noted it has a small unduplicated population and will need to balance fee-based participants with ELOP-eligible students.
Trustees discussed implementation challenges — the program requires a minimum of nine hours a day and must be offered on all school days plus intersession/summer. Administrators said the district has to expand current Eagle's Nest operations (breakfast/lunch/snack, STEAM activities and staffing) and survey the community about summer interest. The board approved both adopting the ELOP plan and the new job description during a combined motion, understanding additional operational and financial details (enrollment thresholds, staffing plan and fee structure) will be developed and returned to the board.
The job-change approval included a management classification and the pay increase described in the presentation: "We were asking for an approval of about a $7,000 raise," administration stated. Trustees asked staff to follow up with a deeper budget and operations briefing so the board can confirm program economics before full-scale rollout.
The board recorded the approvals by voice vote; further program details and surveys will be used to shape summer and intersession offerings.
