CUSD Board Meeting - October 22, 2026 - Part 1

The October 22, 2026 Calexico Unified School District Board meeting featured recognition of Calexico High School AP scholars and presentations on the district’s English learner comprehensive plan and special education, Section 504, student support, and health services. The presentations described student programs, services, staffing needs, and outcomes; the district reported 100% graduation for students with disabilities. Staff also said 12 vacancies were expected to be filled through a November 2 hiring process, with selected candidates brought to the board for approval at its November meeting. A board member raised the need for further discussion on retaining staff in hard-to-fill positions.

Procurement-related discussion included the district’s use of Presence Learning, a contracted provider of teletherapy, to address difficulty hiring in-person speech-language pathologists. No contract amount, contract number, award vote, or new purchasing authorization was stated. A board member referred to a district budget of about $184 million and a roughly $600,000 year-over-year increase, describing it as distributed across multiple programs and services; no related spending action was recorded in the available transcript. The meeting also included public comment about booster-club bylaws and fundraising-account handling, without board action shown.