Board of Education meets on September 16, 2025

September 30, 2025

The Board of Education met on September 16, 2025 starting at 10:00 am.  You can find the agenda here, the materials here and the video here.

The Board approved the following items, among others:

  • Career Technical Education Incentive Grant – Funding supports students in 450 pathways at 167 schools – programs at the following BD3 schools: Armstrong MS, Canoga Park SH, Chatsworth CHS, Cleveland SH, Hale MS, Henry MS, Holmes MS, Kennedy SH, Mulholland MS, North Hollywood SH, Nobel MS, Northridge Academy, Pearl SH, Porter MS, Reed MS, Van Nuys MS and SH, Wooden HS
  • Request for Qualifications and Proposals to Develop Workforce Housing at Four LAUSD-owned Sites
  • MOU with LADWP and Approve $20 Million for an Energy Efficient Lighting Upgrade Program at 150 schools
  • Facilities contracts:
    • El Camino Real Charter HS — ADA Improvements
    • Canoga Park MS — ADA Improvements
  • Ratification of Ten (10) Design Contracts to Provide Architectural and Engineering Services for Classroom Upgrades, Green Schoolyard Upgrades, ADA Projects and Playground and Campus Exterior Upgrades – (Send to Team)
    • BD 3: 1 school
      • Pomelo Charter ES — Playground & Campus Exterior Upgrade 
  • Four Seeds Projects (outdoor learning spaces that create environments for student-centered, experiential, and engaged learning related to nutrition, health, literacy, math, and science including Van Nuys ES
  • Board District & Region Priority Projects: 
      • Capistrano Elementary School: exterior benches to improve student and family outdoor areas.
      • Chandler Elementary School: Installs new audio/visual equipment in the auditorium to support performances and events.
      • Chatsworth Park Urban Planning Magnet ES
         Installs pedestrian gate for safer campus entry and exit.
      • Danube Elementary School
         Installs new chain link privacy fence for enhanced safety and campus security.
      • Elementary School
         Installs new chain link privacy fence for enhanced safety and campus security.
      • Van Nuys High School
         Installs new football scoreboard to support athletic programming and school events.
  • The following resolutions were approved:
    • September 2025 as Child Welfare and Attendance Month and designate the last Tuesday of September as PSA Counselor Day – Schmerelson, Griego, Newbill, Rivas
      • Recognizes the role of PSA Counselors in student safety, attendance, and family well-being.
      • Directs the Superintendent to present on declining enrollment and supports for immigrant students.
      • Elevates awareness of attendance interventions and targeted support systems.
    • Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month -Schmrelson, Newbill, Rivas, Yang, Melvoin, Gonez, Ortiz Franklin
        • Approval to declare September 2025 as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.
        • Recognizes concerning student mental health trends and suicide risk incidents
        • Directs the Superintendent to report back by Spring 2026 on suicide prevention resources and impacts
        • Expands access to targeted mental health resources and wellness campaigns.
    • Incorporating Financial Literacy and Economic Justice into the LAUSD Curriculum – Sponsors:  Schmerelson, Newbill, Rivas, Yang
      • Directs the District to incorporate economic justice into curriculum
      • Directs the District to allow teachers to teach financial literacy and prioritizes lesson flexibility 
      • Directs the District to invest in professional development on how teachers can incorporate financial literacy and economic justice into their lesson plans 
      • Directs the District to work with CBOs and nonprofits to advance professional development opportunities for staff
      • Schmerelson quote: This resolution has been a long time coming. I believe this resolution will be beneficial to students in their lessons and to teachers, which may include topics they have been wanting to teach about regarding current economic events. We must begin to teach our students about the current financial landscape so that when the time comes, they can address the issue of poverty, where previous generations have failed to do so. But first, they must understand the systemic issues that have been in place for decades and in some cases, over a century.
      • EdSource reports on resolution
    • Celebrating Latino Heritage Month in the Los Angeles Unified School District – Gonez, Griego, Rivas