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5-12-26 Board Actions Summary, Regular Meeting
Trustees Barrera, Bazzo, Hazan, Petterson and Whitehurst-Payne, and Student Board Members Nguyen and Ordaz were present.
The meeting video is available at: https://youtube.com/live/HRVvLi3A3Es
A.1. Call to Order, Roll Call, Establish Quorum
A.2. Flag Ceremony and Pledge of Allegiance - MBHS Coast Guard JROTC
A.3. Land Acknowledgement
B. Adoption of Agenda
C.1. Student Advisory Board Report
D.1. Report on Closed Session (None)
D.2. Administrative Assignments
- Associate Principal, Logan Memorial Education Campus - Zuleika Rodriguez
- Associate Principal, Garfield HS - Araceli Perez-Picone
D.3. Superintendent’s Information Report
The Board approved the following major agenda items (5-0, unless noted; [student preferential vote* shown in brackets]):
C.2. Adoption of Resolution Recognizing May 17-23, 2026 as Classified School Employees Week (Barrera/Whitehurst-Payne) [ yes ]
C.3. Adoption of Resolution Recognizing May 22, 2026 as Harvey Milk Day (Ordaz/Nguyen) [ yes ]
C.4. Adoption of Resolution Recognizing May 2026 as Jewish American Heritage Month (Hazan/Bazzo) [ yes ]
C.5. Adoption of Resolution Recognizing May 2026 as Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Heritage Month (Nguyen/Bazzo) [ yes ]
C.6. Adoption of Resolution Recognizing May 2026 as Military Appreciation Month (Bazzo/Whitehurst-Payne) [ yes ]
C.7. Adoption of Resolution Recognizing May 2026 as Mental Health Awareness Month (Ordaz/Nguyen) [ yes ]
C.8. Adoption of Resolution Recognizing May 2026 as Women's Health Awareness Month (Bazzo/Whitehurst-Payne) [ yes ]
C.9. Adoption of Resolution in the Matter of Supporting the California Community Schools Partnership Program Grant for Qualifying Schools (Bazzo/Barrera) [ yes ]
F.1. Approval of Student Expulsions and Readmissions [Student Trustees do not vote on Section F.]
F.2. Ratification of Memorandum of Understanding Between San Diego Unified School District and the California School Employees Association (CSEA) Chapter 759 Regarding the Impacts and Effects of the 2026–2027 Reduction in Force for the Paraeducator Bargaining Unit [Student Trustees do not vote on Section F.]
F.3. Ratification of Memorandum of Understanding Between San Diego Unified School District and the California School Employees Association (CSEA) Chapter 788 Regarding the Impacts and Effects of the 2025–2026 Reduction in Force for the Office Technical-Business Services Bargaining Unit [Student Trustees do not vote on Section F.]
F.4. Ratification of Agreements Between San Diego Unified School District and the Administrators Association San Diego City Schools (AASD) Certificated and Classified Units Regarding the Impacts and Effects of the 2026-2027 Reduction in Force [Student Trustees do not vote on Section F.]
F.5. Ratification of Memorandum of Understanding Between San Diego Unified School District and the California School Employees Association (CSEA) Chapter 724 Regarding the Impacts and Effects of the 2025–2026 Reduction in Force for the Operations Support Services Bargaining Unit [Student Trustees do not vote on Section F.]
H.2. Approval of Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators for 2026-27 [ yes ]
H.3. Approval of Resolution for Position Reductions and Fiscal Year 2026-27 [ yes ]
H.4. Adoption of Resolution in the Matter of Emergency Waiver – Public Project Resulting from the March 18, 2026, Sewer System Failure at Revere Center – REQUIRES UNANIMOUS APPROVAL [ yes ]
H.5. Action on Renewal of the Charter Petition for KIPP Adelante Preparatory Academy [ yes ]
H.6. Action on Renewal of the Charter Petition for City Heights Prep Charter School [ yes ]
H.8. Action on Material Revision to Remove Grades 9-12 and a Location From the Charter Petition of America's Finest Charter School [ yes ]
I.1. - I.47. - All items on the Superintendent’s Consent Agenda [ yes ]
The following items were withdrawn prior to the meeting:
C.10. Adoption of Resolution in the Matter of Supporting Housing Stability for Students and Families through Coordination, Advocacy, and Regional Partnership (Petterson/Barrera)
H.7. Action on Charter Petition to Establish New Heights Academy (formerly called Universal Access High School)
The following items were heard as Informational only:
E.1. District Advisory Council (DAC) for Compensatory Education Semi-Annual Update
H.1. Progress Monitoring Report: Effective Communication Interim Guardrail 1.1 - 1.4
The next regular meeting will be held on June 9, 2026.
*Student preferential votes do not change the numerical official vote of Trustees.