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The Livermore school board is poised at Tuesday’s regular meeting to review and discuss potential approaches to finding the district’s next superintendent.
Options before the Board of Education include engaging a professional search firm, conducting an internal or hybrid search, according to the agenda.
Other components on the table include the development of a timeline in seating the next superintendent, identification of ideal candidate qualifications and characteristics as well as establishment of engagement opportunities and considerations in confidentiality and transparency.
In addition to its discussion, the board may give direction regarding the search approach and next steps.
The Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District’s new superintendent will replace acting superintendent Michelle Pechette who rose to the helm following Torie Gibson’s abrupt departure in early February.
The LVJUSD meeting is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday (March 24) online and in person at 685 E. Jack London Blvd. in Livermore. The full agenda can be accessed here.
In other business:
The school board is also poised to approve the 2025-26 second interim financial report that shows the district may be unable to meet its financial obligations for the current or two subsequent years.
This school year, LVJUSD is expected with its unrestricted ending fund balance ($10.6 million) to meet the minimum 3% reserves requirement ($6.8 million), according to a slideshow set for presentation at Tuesday’s meeting.
The unrestricted deficit spending of $2.25 million is a “slight improvement from First Interim,” the report states.
However, the district is expected to fall short of the required reserves in 2026-27 with an unrestricted ending fund balance of 1.53% ($3.3 million), the report states.
Approximately $9.6 million in additional reductions are required for 2027-28 to meet the minimum reserve requirement. The reduction would enable the district to return to a positive certification, meaning it is expected to meet financial obligations for the current and two subsequent years.
The report is one of three financial updates required annually of school districts. It accounts for monetary changes made from the adoption of the budget July 1, 2025 and Jan. 31, according to the agenda.
*As an information-only item, the board is set to receive a presentation on the process of updating the districtwide facilities master plan.
The plan is being updated to ensure the district’s eligibility for future state matching funds, the agenda states.
Since the board greenlit a contract with HKIT last August, the firm has been updating site maps and drawings, inspecting campuses, interviewing principals and gathering input from staff, cabinet members and the community, the agenda states.
A second presentation set for this April will focus on a review of the draft report.
*The board is set to consider approving a memorandum of understanding regarding retirement incentive options for classified union Service Employees International Union.
By committing to retire this school year, SEIU members could opt for an annual health benefit contribution of $14,000 for six years or the annual payment of $14,000 for six years from the 2026-27 school year through the 2031-32 school year, paid annually in ten monthly installments, the agenda states.
Distribution of the incentives requires that at least four SEIU members commit by April 1 to retire this school year.
