What’s on the Redlands Unified school board agenda for August 5, 2025

REDLANDS, Calif. — The Redlands Unified School District (RUSD) Board of Education will meet Tuesday, August 5 to discuss revised library complaint procedures, school volunteer policies and school safety upgrades.

Here’s how the meeting breaks down:

Closed Session

Before the public meeting, the board will hold a closed session to discuss sensitive matters such as labor negotiations, personnel appointments and student discipline.

During the closed session beginning at 4:30 p.m. on August 5 the board will discuss:

• Labor negotiations for the 2025-2026 school year with the Redlands Teachers Association and Redlands Education Support Professionals Association. 
• A public employee performance evaluation. 
• Student matters pertaining to suspension and expulsion.

Open Session

Presentations and Reports

• The Redlands Teachers Association, Educational Support Professionals Association, Administrative Personnel Association, the Council of PTA’s and the superintendent will present reports.

Public Participation

During this time, individuals may address the Board on matters on the agenda. Speakers must submit a completed speaker slip to the Clerk or designated staff member prior to the start of public comments on agenda items. The allotted time will be announced during the meeting.

Public Hearing

Public hearings are formal opportunities for residents to speak on specific items before the board takes action. The board must open the hearing, allow public comment, then close the hearing before voting.

A public hearing will be held to discuss the board's initial proposals on the 2025-2026 successor negotiation cycle. 

Consent Calendar

The consent calendar groups together routine items for approval in a single vote, unless a board member pulls an item for separate discussion or a public comment is submitted.

On this agenda, these include:

• Approval of an agreement with Diligent Corporation for board management software to streamline meetings and improve public access to agendas and policies for $20,000.
• Legal services will continue through Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost LLP for district-wide legal matters.
• Approval of $11,080 for storm water draining testing on the Warehouse Conversion Project.
• Agreements for construction services for safety upgrades at four middle schools and disaster recovery infrastructure at Citrus Valley High School.
• Approval of construction agreements and change orders for facilities at Redlands East Valley, Orangewood High School and Mentone Elementary, with funding from local bonds and reserve funds.
• Approval of a new boys basketball booster club at Redlands East Valley.
• Approval of a renewed agreement for contraband detecting canines for $620 per visit, not to exceed $37,200. 
• Approval of the transfer of two portable classrooms at Bryn Mawr Elementary to district ownership.
• Due to a math error, the board will withdraw a low bid for HVAC replacement at REV High School and award the project to the next qualifying bidder.
• Seven students from Citrus Valley High School will attend the Oregon Shakespeare Festival to deepen their performing arts experience.
• Approval of the district’s 2025–26 consolidated application for federal funding for Title I–IV programs.
• Agreements with Consortium on Reading Excellence in Education (CORE) to provide literacy coaching for Lugonia and Victoria Elementary teachers, funded by Title I.
• Approval of mentoring services for foster and homeless youth offered through Give Something Back, partially funded by the county.
• Agreements with Greer Consulting, Lindamood-Bell, Leverage Learning and others to support teacher training in literacy, equity, and math.
• Agreement with Dr. Veronica Olvera for Special education evaluations.
• Approval of revisions to district regulations and policies regarding library material complaints (AR 1312.2 First Reading), Title IX procedures and instructional material (BP 6000, First Reading).

The revisions proposed regarding library material complaints now include relevant definitions, a tiered review process that includes a rubric for content evaluation and a formal appeal process. Media center materials that are alleged to contain sexually explicit or graphic content will immediately be removed pending a district-level review.

The update regarding instruction is that a section was added to Board Policy 6000: Concepts and Roles that explicitly states that instructional materials must not include pornography, erotica, graphic depictions of sexual violence or other obscene content. 

Education Action Items & Human Resources

The board will vote on a resolution to approve The Grove School’s updated admissions policy language, aligning it with the SB740 Chart School Facility Grant Program funding requirements as the school plans a campus expansion. 

For human resources, the district is set to approve routine personnel changes including hiring, salary adjustments, resignations and more. 

Volunteer field trip chaperones and athletic coaching assignments for the upcoming school year will also be approved.

Board members will also consider approving a new volunteer assistance policy. The new board policy would add new safety checks, restricts classroom hours and formalizes consequences for policy violations.

The new Administrative Regulation 1240 replaces the district’s existing volunteer policy, first adopted in 2005. Requirements under the new policy include:

• Tuberculosis testing with 60 days of the submitted date to the District
• Background checks and fingerprinting for all volunteers with FBI clearance required for overnight field trips.
• Volunteers may commence service prior to Board approval if the necessary documentation has been completed and verified by school site administration and/or the Superintendent’s designee
• Volunteer applications and Board approval must be renewed each academic year.
• Volunteers will be limited to ten (10) hours per week in a single classroom setting, including field trip attendance, unless otherwise determined by the Superintendent or designee.
• No person who is required to register as a sex offender will be allowed to volunteer.

Closing

The meeting will conclude with public comment on non-agenda items, followed by closing remarks from the superintendent and board members.

School Board Meeting Information

View full meeting agenda

4:30 p.m. Meeting open for public comment before closed session

6:00 p.m. Open Session

District Office Conference Room

25 West Lugonia Avenue

Redlands, California

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