# October 28, 2026--Board of Trustees Public Meeting


**Body:** Redwood City School District
**Date:** October 27, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Education


The Redwood City School District Board of Trustees’ public meeting on October 28, 2026, included updates on English learner instruction and district staffing and budget trends. Staff reported preliminary enrollment of nearly 6,400 students, including 412 TK students, and described a roughly 85.5 FTE reduction in general-fund staffing since 2023–24 alongside about $10 million in increased salary and benefit costs, approximately $7 million of which was attributed to health and welfare costs. Trustees discussed how staffing, enrollment, school capacity, and program priorities should inform future budget planning; no specific budget allocation was approved.

The board approved the bond-program consent items as a group, but the transcript does not identify their contents or any related vendors or contract amounts. It removed consent item 21, concerning instructional-materials policy, from the consent vote and referred it for further policy committee review. The board also approved resolutions authorizing a staff member to conduct transactions on district accounts at Premier 1 Credit Union and addressing a teacher credential waiver. No contract award, RFP, vendor selection, or other specific procurement decision was identified.

**Source:** Redwood City School District