Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Reed Union School District Board Meeting Summary — October 13, 2026

October was a programs-and-governance meeting rather than a budget headliner: curriculum and literacy pilots, the annual English-learner report, the district's technology-and-AI plan, the opening of this year's teacher-contract negotiations, and the annual school safety plan. A note on sourcing: the district's published recording had long stretches of degraded or silent audio, so this recap is built from the official agenda and the portions of the recording that were audible. Vote outcomes on the action items should be confirmed against the official minutes once the district posts them.

Literacy and curriculum take center stage

Curriculum director Nicole Trickett walked the board through the district's multi-year literacy roadmap. An elementary English language arts pilot is launching with 12 teachers across grades TK-5: the first pilot, EL Education, begins with training on the October 19 staff-development day, and a second pilot — Amplify CKLA's new California edition — starts in January. The board also received the annual English Language Learner (ELL) program report, covering reclassification and students' progress across ELPAC proficiency levels.

The teacher contract opens

The district publicly presented ("sunshined") the Reed District Teachers Association's initial bargaining proposals and held the required public hearing — the formal, public start of this round of labor negotiations.

Technology and AI

Staff presented the district technology plan, including the student technology-use framework and the district's approach to artificial intelligence in schools. (This was one of the stretches where the recording's audio dropped out.)

Safety planning

The board took up the annual Comprehensive School Safety Plan for 2026-27. The discussion got specific about emergencies: each school has a primary and a secondary evacuation and reunification site, and the plan keeps sensitive security details separate from the version shared publicly.

Facilities and space pressure

A Reed Elementary site walk surfaced a real constraint: classrooms are tight, staff are using spaces like the teachers' lounge for pull-out services, and the district needs better facilities for its youngest TK students after rolling out the full pre-K program. Trustees also took up the annual Capital Facilities Fund report. Measure O, the district's measure on the November 3 ballot, came up in community and board reports.

Also on the agenda

The board recognized newly tenured teachers Lisa Sabrero and Shelly Fargo; approved the September 15 minutes and a consent agenda (including Bel Aire's Coloma Outdoor Discovery School trip and its Marin Airporter transportation, the quarterly Williams report, seniority lists, and a second reading of CSBA-aligned board policies); heard PTA and Foundation updates (including a strong Run for Reed); and reviewed a first reading of further revised board policies. New Bel Aire principal Amelia Omari presented the school's data-driven goals for the year.