Special Board Meeting 10/27/26

The Hollister School District Board of Trustees’ special meeting on October 27, 2026, included recognition of staff and student achievements, interviews for the Trustee Area 1 vacancy, and a district academic-results report. The board selected Matia Anderson for the provisional appointment, with swearing-in planned for December. Procurement and spending discussions included a proposed one-year continuation of the BOOST training program for classified staff; the transcript does not capture a clear vote on that item. The board unanimously approved the district’s sunshine proposal for 2026–27 negotiations with the Hollister Elementary School Teachers Association, identifying contract articles for discussion. No new vendor or contract award was identified.

In future-agenda discussion, trustees raised the district’s special-education staffing costs—described as about $600,000 for the month—and called for examining what it would take to hire staff directly and compete with outside providers, potentially through a study session. They also requested review of options as the solar contract approaches expiration and discussion of the district’s contract with the city. The board adopted a resolution supporting Proposition 3; a trustee cited an estimated $13,412,250 in district funding at stake. The meeting also included approval of a supplemental employee retirement incentive resolution, though the vote details are garbled in the transcript.