Ashira Garcia

The meeting includes closed session items regarding personnel leaves, resignations, appointments, employee discipline, pending litigation, student expulsions, and the superintendent's performance evaluation. The open session agenda covers a superintendent's report, student trustee reports, and board member reports. Business items include staff reports on technology safeguards, the district cell phone policy, and the annual DELAC report. Action items involve the adoption of high school mathematics curriculum, final classified and certificated layoff resolutions, and a revision to the 2026-27 board meeting schedule. The consent agenda comprises CTE advisory committee appointments, field trip requests, budget transfers, surplus property disposition, personnel actions, and numerous contracts and bond-related projects including construction services, audits, and facility use agreements.

The agenda for the meeting includes closed session items such as personnel staffing changes, employee discipline or dismissal matters, and the performance evaluation of the superintendent. In open session, the board will address a contract with Development Group Inc. for managed internal broadband services, receive an update on the curriculum master plan, and participate in an annual study session regarding MTSS, school climate and culture, and academic supports.

The board meeting agenda includes closed session items regarding personnel leaves, resignations, appointments, and performance evaluations. In open session, the board is scheduled to discuss and possibly approve a contract for managed internal broadband services with Development Group Inc., review the Curriculum Master Plan update, and facilitate an annual study session focused on MTSS school climate, culture, and academic supports.

The collected documents detail multiple meetings of the AI Tech Task Force focusing on Artificial Intelligence within the district. Key discussion topics across the meetings included revisiting the group's role, establishing norms, clarifying district FAQs regarding AI use, and developing core principles for responsible AI use. Specific activities involved demos of current AI programs (MagicAI, Brisk/TurnitIn, Google Suite, Gemini, Notebook LM), reviewing current AI developments and legislation, conducting an AI Card Sort, and gathering input via surveys, including parent/guardian AI survey data.

This recorded webinar from Santa Cruz City Schools provides an overview of how schools are funded, detailing state, federal, and local revenue sources, and how the district's approximate $115 million budget is allocated, primarily for staff and benefits. The presentation identifies key variables impacting the budget, including rising special education and health insurance costs, the conclusion of COVID-related funding, enrollment trends, and potential liabilities from Senate Bill 218. It emphasizes the importance of community input for budget prioritization and outlines various channels for stakeholders to provide feedback.