Board considers shifting superintendent evaluation timing so TAPR data inform goals

Superintendent Diaz asked the board to change the superintendent evaluation calendar so the 'state of the district' presentation and evaluation occur after TAPR data are available. She recommended holding the regular January meeting as the state-of-district presentation, scheduling a special-call evaluation meeting later in January, and taking board action on evaluation and contract in February.

"My recommendation is that for next year, the task would be that the state of the district wouldn't be until January," Diaz said, arguing the TAPR (released Dec. 18) provides useful, official information the board should have before finalizing goals. Trustees discussed timing, middle-of-year assessment considerations and the efficiency of compiling data for goal-setting; several members agreed shifting the evaluation a few weeks later would allow fresher and more complete evidence.

A motion to approve the 2026 superintendent evaluation calendar was made and discussed during the meeting. The board later approved the superintendent evaluation with a stated correction to Goal 1; the transcript records the motion being finalized and described as passed, though a full roll-call tally is not transcribed.