California / School Districts / Sweetwater Union High
The board adopted Resolution No. 5004 to approve an energy services contract with Constellation New Energy, accepted the 2024-25 audit responses, ratified trustees and officers for financing bodies, approved consent agenda items and several labor-related agreements; closed-session reported a settlement totaling $367,671.28.
California / School Districts / Sweetwater Union High
Multiple librarians, counselors and a teacher urged the board to backfill librarian FTEs and protect counseling services, warning that proposed reductions (references to a 0.6 FTE) would reduce information-literacy instruction and student supports.
California / School Districts / Sweetwater Union High
Southwest High students told the Sweetwater Union High School District board that expanded AP offerings and rising AP participation have boosted college readiness; the school earned AP Honor Roll silver recognition. Students credited new courses and teachers for improved exam passage rates.
California / School Districts / Sweetwater Union High
The Sweetwater Union High School District’s Financing Corporation and Public Financing Authority ratified board membership, elected officers, approved minutes and accepted the district’s 2024–25 audits by unanimous votes; the district board then recessed to closed session to consider student discipline and litigation.
California / School Districts / Sweetwater Union High
The Sweetwater Union High School District board approved a set of collective-bargaining agreements and related 2025–26 salary schedules, all by 5–0 votes, while noting a structural budget deficit and limiting retroactive pay. The board met in closed session on litigation and reported no reportable action.
California / School Districts / Sweetwater Union High
Crowe LLP presented unmodified (clean) opinions for Prop O, Measure DD, Measure RR and the district consolidated federal/state awards, reporting no material weaknesses and only one minor state compliance finding tied to independent study.
California / School Districts / Sweetwater Union High
Trustees voted to approve a statement of charges and an unpaid suspension for certificated employee Manuel Sapien and adopted the related resolution; Sapien exercised his Brown Act right to open session but was not present to comment.
California / School Districts / Sweetwater Union High
After public comment about ethics and personnel policy, trustees voted unanimously to remove language limiting disqualification to felonies committed 'within the past five years' from the superintendent employment policy, allowing the district to adopt a stricter standard than the CSBA model policy.
California / School Districts / Sweetwater Union High
District officials reported a tentative reopener agreement with the Sweetwater Education Association that would raise the SEA salary schedule 3.5% and provide a 2.25% lump‑sum off‑schedule payment; ratification and implementation were described as contingent on bargaining‑unit ratification and a January board meeting.
California / School Districts / Sweetwater Union High
The board approved a positive certification on the district’s first interim financial report, with staff noting declining enrollment, a structural deficit of just over $50 million, sufficient cash for current obligations, and earmarked uses of restricted funds including a $4.6 million cafeteria carryover.