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Chawanakee Unified board approves senior-lunch MOU, construction inspectors and multiple consent items
Summary
At its Nov. 12 meeting the Chawanakee Unified School District Board approved an MOU to support a senior lunch program, hired inspectors for a Hillside Elementary freezer project to meet DSA requirements, passed policy updates (4–1 vote on the package) and approved the consent agenda including payroll, warrants and donations.
Chawanakee Unified School District trustees met Nov. 12 at Hillside School and approved several administrative and operational items, including a memorandum of understanding to support a senior lunch program and contracts for construction inspection services.
Jennifer Stanley, the district's Nutrition Services Manager, described the MOU with Eastern Madera Recreation and Parks (EMRAP), under which the district will provide kitchen and facility access for the program. Trustee Barbara Bigelow moved to approve the MOU; Jessie Hutchens seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
Director of IT Filiberto Camacho explained that the Hillside Elementary freezer project requires a certified Inspector of Records and a Special Inspector/Materials Testing firm to satisfy Division of the State Architect (DSA) requirements. The board approved both contracts on unanimous motions (Inspector of Records motion by Elisabeth Parish; Special Inspector motion by Barbara Bigelow).
On a second reading the board approved a package of board policy and administrative regulation updates. Trustee Elisabeth Parish moved to approve the policy package; Barbara Bigelow seconded. The motion passed with four ayes and one no — Vice President Jessie Hutchens voted against the package. The minutes record no abstentions.
Trustees also approved the consent agenda, which included minutes (Oct. 7 and Oct. 20), payroll (Oct. 10 supplemental and Oct. 31 regular), warrants for October, Personnel #4-2025/2026, and donations: $500 each from Valley Air Conditioning, Central Sierra Enterprises and Granite Mountain Stone to Minarets ASB and Minarets Fishing Club, and a $15,000 donation from Spring Valley Ag Boosters to Minarets FFA. The consent motion passed unanimously after a brief question from Hutchens about one warrant.
The board moved into closed session at 7:21 p.m. to discuss personnel, labor negotiations and contracts under Government Code Sections 54957, 54957.6 and 54956; it reconvened at 10:20 p.m. with no reportable action and then adjourned.
