Chino Valley Unified Board of Education, June 18, 2025

On June 18, 2025, the board adopted the district's 2025/2026 budget and Local Control and Accountability Plan, ratified a CSEA reopener, extended the superintendent's and cabinet's contracts to June 30, 2029 with 2.3 percent raises, and approved a 5 percent raise for itself 1 2 3 4. Ayala High School water polo athletes and parents took up much of the public comment period, asking the district to restore their coaches 5.

About this record. The file stored here as the June 18, 2025 minutes is actually the July 18, 2024 minutes 6, so it is not used here. This page instead uses the draft June 18 minutes printed in the July 17, 2025 agenda packet 7. The board approved those minutes on July 17 as part of its consent calendar 8; the only amendment that night was to a fundraising item 9.

Opening and closed session

President Sonja Shaw called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m. with John Cervantes, Andrew Cruz, James Na and Shaw present; Jonathan Monroe was absent 7 10. Closed session ran from 4:30 to 5:35 p.m. 7, and expulsion case 24/25-74 was deleted from it for the record 7.

Reporting out, the board appointed eight administrators 7 10:

• Lisa Sura, principal, Ramona JHS, effective July 1, 2025
• John Kunishima, assistant principal, athletics and facilities, Ayala HS, and Whitney Schiller, assistant principal, Ayala HS, both effective July 14
• Arthur Gracia, assistant principal, athletics and facilities, Chino HS, effective date to be determined
• Jennifer Baik (Butterfield Ranch ES), Amparo Covarrubia (Chaparral ES), David Lines (Dickey ES and Marshall ES) and Kitt Madkin (Eagle Canyon ES), assistant principals effective July 14 7

Recognitions

Chino High student-athletes Natalie Blanco and Arelle Middleton received certificates of recognition for their achievements in interscholastic competition 7. The presentation described Blanco as a sophomore who won the 155-pound state title as the number seven seed 11 12 and Middleton as a para track and field athlete 11. The Champion reported the March title as Chino High's first CIF State girls championship 12.

What the board decided

• LCAP. On a motion by Na, seconded by Cervantes, the board adopted the 2025/2026 Local Control and Accountability Plan 2 13. The staff report put its cost at $60,379,278 from general and restricted funds and noted the board held a public hearing on it June 5 14.
• Budget. Cervantes moved and Na seconded adoption of the 2025/2026 budget for all funds, with authority for the superintendent or designee to sign the certification of adoption 2 13. The staff report said the general fund budget would meet the minimum statutory reserve requirement in each of the three years it covers 15.
• CSEA reopener. Shaw opened the public hearing at 6:43 p.m.; there were no speakers and it closed the same minute 2 13 16. The board then ratified the tentative agreement with the California School Employees Association and its Chino Chapter 102, Na moving and Cervantes seconding 2 16. It gives an ongoing on-schedule raise of 2.25 percent or the funded cost-of-living adjustment, whichever is higher 17.
• Management and confidential staff. On a Na motion seconded by Cervantes, the board approved raises for management and confidential employees effective July 1, 2025 3 16, an ongoing 2.3 percent by the staff report 18.
• Superintendent. Cervantes moved and Cruz seconded the addendum to Superintendent Norm Enfield's contract 3 16. It runs the term from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2029 with a 2.3 percent on-schedule raise 1.
• Cabinet. Cruz moved and Cervantes seconded matching addenda for the five cabinet members 3 4. They are Grace Park, Sandra H. Chen, Tracy Freed, Luke Hackney and Gregory J. Stachura, as the minutes roster names them 7, and each packet addendum sets a term through June 30, 2029 and a 2.3 percent raise 1 19 19 20 20.
• Board pay. On a motion by Cruz, seconded by Na, the board approved a 5 percent compensation increase for itself, effective July 1, 2025 for the 2025/2026 school year 3 4. Board Bylaw 9250, as quoted in the staff report, lets the board raise its pay each year by up to five percent of the present monthly rate; the report put the cost at $2,834 to the general fund 21.

Consent calendar

The consent calendar passed as amended on a Na motion seconded by Cruz 3 22. Under changes and deletions, one contract listing was amended and two items yellow-sheeted 2. Among its items:

• the June 5, 2025 minutes, the warrant register, fundraising, donations, and legal fees to Tao Rossini, APC 3 3;
• resolutions on 2025/2026 transfers of appropriations and the use of Education Protection Account funds 3;
• five student expulsion cases and trips for Rhodes ES, Chino Hills HS and Don Lugo HS 23;
• the purchase order register, $10,159,328.50 across district funds 24;
• surplus property, four piggyback-contract resolutions, a new facilities use fee schedule and revised terms for facility use from July 1, 2025 23, under a policy that has the board adopt a comprehensive schedule of fees for community use 25;
• personnel items and the rejection of a claim alleging emotional distress and physical injury to a student 23 26;
• the Nutrition Services management restructuring, effective April 18, 2025, approved as amended after being yellow-sheeted 23 22; the original staff report put it at $7,563 a year to the Cafeteria Fund 26; and an amended practicum agreement with Chemeketa Community College 23.

The board received the Local Indicators report for the California School Dashboard for information 23 22; the district reported all five local indicators as Met 27.

Public comment

The minutes list sixteen people who addressed the board: Dracon Carr, Casey Guzman, Amanda Swager, Andy Lamorena, Andrea Lamorena, Chloe, Lisa G, Kieran, Ava, Nandar, Paul, Ethan Sarmiento, Daniel Sarmiento, Rebecca, Jackie Cortes and Ariel Bustamante 2. The minutes do not record what anyone said, so these themes come from the recording, unnamed and not in speaking order.

Ayala water polo. Athletes and parents said the girls' program still had no coach heading into summer training, that every returning athlete and parent had signed a petition to reinstate the former coaches, and that school administration had not met with them 5 5 5. One speaker called it a matter "not because of performance, but because of politics" 5. Two weeks earlier the Daily Bulletin had reported that the girls' coach, Kevin Hammond, was encouraged to resign over allegations that he played too many lower-level players in varsity games, then reapplied for a post still unfilled, amid growing discontent at Ayala High 28.

LGBTQ students. One speaker, citing an Advocate article, asked what the district had done for a queer student who, the speaker said, had faced discrimination for a year and a back injury from an assault 29 29 29. The Advocate had reported in September 2024 that the president of Ayala's Gender and Sexuality Alliance was hurt at a club rush event 30. Another speaker called youth suicide, the second leading cause of death for 10-to-24-year-olds, a public health crisis and said the board's rhetoric has grave impacts on young people 31.

Budget and board pay. A speaker on the budget described, as captioned, deficit spending of about $35 million this year and asked what the district would do if English learner funding went away 32 32. Before the budget vote a voice from the dais said, as captioned, "we do not have a budget deficit. It's positive" 13. On the board's raise, one speaker said, "You do not deserve a 5% raise" 33.

Board and superintendent communications

• John Cervantes thanked Ayala athletes and parents for continuing to attend, said efforts are ongoing but not everything can be released or resolved right away, and urged them to keep showing up 23.
• James Na thanked the Ayala water polo students, asked Dr. Enfield to look into their concerns, and thanked Andrea and her father for attending to discuss concerns about Don Lugo HS 23.
• Andrew Cruz agreed with Cervantes that complex issues take time, recounted his family's 1950s immigration from Mexico, said he found remarks by Congresswoman Norma Torres implying the federal government should give in to riots and unrest problematic, and noted Title IX month 23.
• Superintendent Enfield said he would not discuss the Ayala water polo issue publicly but would follow up with Principal Yarboi after the meeting 23.
• President Shaw said the district is working to resolve the water polo issue under a process, and that she wanted students in the pool rather than at meetings; she raised the Don Lugo HS girls' issue and urged following up by email to ensure accountability 34. She described her work with CIF on Title IX and fairness for female athletes, criticized CIF's inaction and the political system in Sacramento, and said anyone who misleads children about their gender should be held criminally accountable 34.

Shaw adjourned the meeting at 7:03 p.m. 35.

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