School Board Report: May 7, 2026

School Board Meeting

May 7, 2026

Here are the links to the agenda and the YouTube video of the  meeting.  Times noted are time stamps from the video.  All of the powerpoints can be found in the agenda.

• [1:12] IVd.  District Recognition Month:  Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander Heritage Month.  Dawn Maxey Parlor teacher, parent and Equity Leader at FHS gave a presentation on Power in Unity:  Strengthening Communities Together.  The presentation included a timeline and defined the many communities, cultures and languages celebrated this month.   [ppt]

• [1:18] IVe.  Secondary School Sportlight:  CHS. Updates for next year’s many academic programs and courses.    Please take a few minutes to read the slides and see the wonderful happenings at CHS and info on upcoming events.   [ppt]

• VII  Agenda consent

  • [1:29] New hires

    • William Fitzpatrick:  2017 Vista graduate - will be the 2026-27 Boys Basketball Head Coach  (received FCUSD legacy pin)

    • Sarah Shintaku - Joining Vista as a new AP next year.  Formerly Dean of Student Services at Ponderosa HS

  • x. Approve MOUs with FCEA  (all will be posted at fcea.com

    • #10-13 are all CTE related

    • #14  Replacement language for Secondary Advisory and Flex

    • #15 Collaboration Time for Special Education Preschool

• VIII.  Special Presentations

  • [1:34] National Board Celebration:  82 teachers successfully completed NB since 1994 many in leadership roles and currently 27 at schools throughout the district.  Sarah Kirby-Gonzales has been supporting candidates and coordinating the program.  Includes Incentive reward of $5k annually for 5 years at high priority schools….over $220,000 awarded over the past 5 years.  Congratulations to the successful NB certification recipient for 2025:  Paige Beeskau, Kristen Endean, and Wendy Pratt and best wishes to the 13 2025-26 candidates and 2 renewals.   [ppt]

  • [1:46] 1:FHS and Vista participation in 2026 Academic Decathlon:  Congratulations to the coaches:  Jessican Mann (VdLHS) and Ryan Peterson and Melinda Wilson (FHS).  This year’s theme was The Roaring 20s!  Students take 7 objective tests in a span of Disciplines along with an Essay and impromptu and planned speeches and Super Quiz.  Board member Addie Luong was a member of the Vista team.   At the County Competition Jan 24th FHS was 1st and Vista came in 2nd.  Both schools represented SCOE at the state competition March 19-22 in Santa Clara with about 50 other schools.  FHS, Division 2 - 1st place Champions and Vista, Divisions 3 won 4th place.  Next year’s topic:  Journeys of Transformation:  Migration.   [ppt]

  • [2:02] Understanding and Addressing the Achievement and Opportunity Gap  Dr. Huber and Dr. Pitt presenting.  This is related to a CSBA resolution later on the agenda [Item XIId] that Board Member Chris Clark has been leading on in CSBA.  This is about systematic, predictable disparities tied to opportunity and access and not ability.  This involves experiences both inside and outside of school.  We aren’t just focusing on outcomes - we need to also consider the inputs that reflect many areas outside of our control in education but our job is to adjust and adapt our work to meet student needs.   [ppt]

  • Welcome to next year’s student school board members:  Jeanene Wallace CHS class of ‘27 & Sam Davies FHS class of ‘28

• [3:18] X.  FCEA Report - Tracy Suter presented FCEA’s response to the district’s initial February offer.   [ppt]

• XIIg.  Approve Cert. Assignments under a variable term waiver for 26-27 school year

• XIIh.  Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators for the 26-27 school year