Jefferson Union High School District Packet Summary — 2026-08-18
Meeting: 08/18/2026 - 06:00 PM Board of Trustees Regular Meeting Board Meetings
Location: JUHSD District Office – Board Room, 123 Edgemont Drive, Building A, Daly City
The Jefferson Union High School District Board of Trustees is scheduled to meet August 18 with a substantial consent agenda covering special education staffing and services, instructional materials, transportation, student programs, mental-health services, and other district operations. The agenda also includes several employee-policy updates moving to a second read and proposed approval, four additional policies presented for first-read discussion, and a proposed nomination to the California School Boards Association.
Key Items on the Agenda
Employee Policies Return for Second Read and Proposed Approval
Six personnel-related Board policies previously presented for discussion on July 14 are returning with staff recommendations for approval.
- BP 4119.21/4219.21/4319.21 — Professional Standards: Updates employee-conduct expectations and incorporates SB 848 requirements concerning inappropriate conduct involving employees, adult volunteers, contractors, and other adults associated with the district.
- BP 4119.24/4219.24/4319.24 — Maintaining Appropriate Adult-Student Interactions: Expands who is covered by the policy, incorporates SB 848 requirements, broadens descriptions of inappropriate conduct, and adds provisions addressing policy violations.
- BP 4151/4251/4351 — Employee Compensation: A new district policy addressing compensation practices and changes in law, including annual salary-and-benefit reporting requirements. The proposed policy would reflect JUHSD's practice of paying employees monthly in ten equal payments.
- BP 4218 — Dismissal/Suspension/Disciplinary Action: Updates disciplinary procedures and terminology, incorporates a court decision concerning protected union activity, and adds provisions on compulsory leave.
- BP 4213.5/4313.5 — Working Remotely: Extends consistent remote-work policy language across employee groups, covering work hours, equipment, expenses, district records, performance evaluation, and the district's ability to discontinue remote arrangements.
- BP 4314 — Transfers: A new policy establishing procedures for transferring and rotating administrative and supervisory personnel, including Board approval of transfers recommended by the superintendent.
Policies Scheduled for First-Read Discussion
Four additional policy changes are presented as discussion items rather than proposed approvals at this meeting.
Extreme Weather Safety
The Board is scheduled to review new BP 5141.75 — Weather Safety, which would address safety during various forms of inclement weather and incorporate state extreme-weather guidance. The proposed policy reflects the requirement for districts to develop, adopt, and implement extreme-weather protocols by July 1, 2026, and incorporates material associated with the former Sun Safety policy.
Volunteers and Mandated Reporting
Updates to BP 1240 — Volunteer Assistance would align prohibited-harassment provisions with law and incorporate SB 848. Under the update described in the packet, volunteers over age 18 who interact with students outside the immediate supervision and control of a parent, guardian, or school employee would be mandated reporters subject to applicable notification, training, and reporting requirements.
Labor Relations
The Board is also scheduled to review three labor-related policy areas:
- BP 4140/4240/4340 — Bargaining Units would update terminology and guidance concerning employee organizations, union communications and insignia, address confidentiality protections, and other labor-relations provisions.
- BP 4141/4241 — Collective Bargaining Agreement is a new policy stating that when a collective bargaining agreement conflicts with applicable law, the law prevails.
- BP 4141.6/4241.6 — Concerted Action/Work Stoppage is a new policy reflecting state law prohibiting public employers from discontinuing employer contributions for health care or other medical coverage for employees participating in an authorized strike.
Major Financial and Contract Items
The consent agenda contains numerous contracts, purchases, grants, and agreements. Administration recommends approval of the consent agenda items.
Special Education Staffing and Services
A significant portion of the Education Services consent agenda concerns special education staffing and specialized student services.
Among the proposed expenditures are:
- National Equity Project: Two-year renewal, not to exceed $140,000 from Title I District Funds, for equity-focused leadership support.
- Golden Oak Speech Therapy: Up to $83,600 in Special Education Funds for augmentative and alternative communication and assistive-technology services through June 30, 2027.
- Stepping Stones Group SPED teacher: Up to $94,500 for a special education teacher assignment running through January 29, 2027.
- Amergis Educational Staffing: Multiple individual contracts for paraprofessionals, a psychologist, and a special education teacher, with listed maximum costs ranging from $17,784 to $59,475 per assignment.
- Yvonne West Vision Services: Up to $37,830 for vision-specialist and orientation/mobility services through June 28, 2027.
- Rebekah Will Audiology: Up to $18,750 for 50 hours of consultation for special education students.
- TeachTown: Up to $24,375 for student-learning software.
- ProCare Therapy: A master agreement for supplemental staffing and candidate-referral services; costs would depend on individual assignments approved during the contract term.
The agenda also includes an Emerson College MOU allowing a speech-language pathology intern to work with the Special Education Department from August 2026 through May 2027 at no cost to the district.
Transportation and District Operations
Administration recommends a renewal with Professional Charter Services for charter bus service during the 2026–2027 school year, with expenditures not to exceed $380,000 from the General Fund.
Other proposed operational agreements include $7,000 for SchoolWorks to provide updated demographic and enrollment projections and a no-cost agreement with Attune for energy-monitoring equipment plus one year of online access to analyze district energy use.
YouthPoint Health and Behavioral Health
The consent agenda includes several YouthPoint Health-related items:
- A contract of up to $52,000 from YouthPoint Health Funds for a licensed clinical supervisor to provide weekly individual supervision for five trainee clinicians.
- A University of San Francisco School of Education affiliation agreement with no financial impact.
- Acceptance of a $10,000 Sand Hill Foundation grant supporting Team Wellness at YouthPoint Health and the North County Outreach Collaborative.
- An amendment to the district's agreement with San Mateo County Behavioral Health & Recovery Services reflecting updated state guidance. The packet says the amendment does not change the maximum contract amount, listed as not to exceed $1,257,337 paid by San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services.
Instructional Materials and Student Programs
AP Chemistry Textbook Adoption
The Board is scheduled to consider a $35,564.40 purchase from Pearson Education for Chemistry: A Molecular Approach, 6th Edition AP, including one year of eText access. The packet says the adoption is intended to align with AP curriculum standards and support students at Westmoor, Jefferson, Terra Nova, and Oceana high schools, with funding proposed from Restricted Lottery Funds.
Other proposed instructional purchases include:
- Edmentum: Up to $29,154.35 for APEX learning course subscriptions for 2026–2027.
- HMH Education: Up to $4,969.39 for updated English 3D teacher guides, issue books, and consumable portfolios.
- Cengage Learning: Up to $10,903.60 for Big Ideas Math Integrated Mathematics student journals supporting guided notes for Courses 2 and 3.
- Imagine Learning: Up to $995 for Sonday System literacy instructional and intervention software for two special education teachers.
- XanEdu: Up to $1,441.97 for iCivics project workbooks for the Freshmen Forward course at Westmoor and Jefferson high schools.
Special Olympics Partnership
The packet proposes renewing the district's MOU with Special Olympics Northern California for 2026–2027. JUHSD would receive a $1,750 grant plus $300 in equipment funding, for $2,050 total, supporting Unified Special Olympics soccer in the fall and track in the spring, with events at Oceana and Terra Nova high schools.
Terra Nova Activities
The consent agenda includes several Terra Nova High School items:
- An overnight trip for 40 marching-band students to Lodi on November 21–22, 2026, using a district bus.
- A contract of up to $10,000 from the Arts and Music Block Grant for a mural project in which students would participate in painting outdoor campus murals.
- A contract of up to $31,000 from Terra Nova ASB Funds for the school's 2027 prom venue.
Staffing, Recruitment, and Student Support
The Board is scheduled to consider the district's Personnel Action Report as part of the consent agenda.
Additional proposed agreements include:
- EdJoin: Up to $1,093.53 from the General Fund to renew the district's job-posting platform.
- CPR/AED and choking-response instruction: Up to $4,000 from the General Fund for classes intended to support emergency response involving students and staff.
- San Mateo County Office of Education fingerprinting: Up to $1,000 from the General Fund to provide fingerprinting services for interested applicants as part of new-hire clearance.
- SFSU Project Rebound: A no-cost program under which San Francisco State University would send two faculty members and up to three students to Jefferson High School two days per week to operate Academy Hour during lunch as an alternative to lunch detention. Participants would go through JUHSD's volunteer-clearance process.
Other Consent Agenda Items
The Board is scheduled to consider approval of the July 14, 2026 Board meeting minutes along with the broader consent agenda.
The packet also includes information-only Associated Student Body reports for Jefferson, Westmoor, Thornton, Terra Nova, and Oceana high schools covering May, June, and July 2026, along with vendor-check reports for those months and an interest report.
Another consent item asks the Board to declare specified electronic equipment or materials obsolete so they may be disposed of consistent with Board Policy 3270 and Education Code 17546.
CSBA Director-at-Large Nomination
Under action items, the Board is scheduled to consider nominating Trustee Rosie Tejada for a California School Boards Association Director-at-Large position.
CSBA is seeking 2026 nominations for its Hispanic and Asian/Pacific Islander Director-at-Large positions. The packet says the positions carry two-year terms; elections are scheduled for the CSBA Delegate Assembly on December 2, 2026, with elected directors taking office after the Annual Education Conference concludes on December 5, 2026.
What to Watch at the Meeting
- Six employee policies are positioned for potential approval after prior Board discussion, including policies addressing professional standards, adult-student interactions, compensation, discipline, remote work, and administrative transfers.
- Four policy areas remain at the first-read stage, including a new extreme-weather safety policy and updates affecting volunteers and labor relations.
- Special education accounts for numerous proposed staffing and service contracts, including individual temporary assignments as well as specialized audiology, speech/assistive-technology, vision, software, and staffing services.
- Several significant financial items appear on the consent agenda, including the charter-bus contract of up to $380,000 and the National Equity Project renewal of up to $140,000.
- The CSBA nomination is presented separately as an action item, with staff recommending the nomination of Trustee Rosie Tejada for a Director-at-Large position.
