During the December 14 Irvine Unified School District Board of Education Meeting, the Board selected a new president and clerk, which are one-year terms. Ira Glasky was selected to serve as president and Lauren Brooks was tapped to serve as clerk. The Board and District staff thanked the previous Board President, Paul Bokota, for his leadership since last December, which spanned part of two school years affected by the pandemic.
In addition to being the final session of 2021, Tuesday marked the annual organizational meeting for the five-member board, which approved school site liaison assignments, determined Board Member committee participation, appointed representatives to various District committees and established meeting dates through December 2022. The next two regular Board Meetings are scheduled for January 18 and February 1.
Board Certification of First Interim Report
Also Tuesday, the Board certified the first interim report of 2021-22 as “positive,” meaning the District is expected to meet its financial obligations for the current year and the subsequent two years. Every school district in California is required to examine and certify its financial condition as “positive,” “qualified” or “negative” twice during each fiscal year. Positive is the ideal certification, while qualified indicates a district may not be able to meet its financial obligations for the current year and the two subsequent years. A negative certification indicates that a district will not be able to meet its financial obligations over this period.
Click here to view the First Interim presentation, delivered by IUSD Assistant Superintendent, Chief Financial Officer John Fogarty.