Board handed the superintendent hiring, firing and contract authority for four months, then cancelled its July meeting

What happened

At its annual business meeting on May 26, 2026 the board delegated to the superintendent, in consultation with the board president, the power to enter employment contracts, hire and fire staff under his jurisdiction, and award contracts for scored requests for proposals from July 1 through October 25, 2026. A floor amendment that night described a shorter window ending September 30 with ratification at the July, August and September meetings, but the resolution as printed runs to October 25 and promises ratification at the September 28 meeting. In new business the board then voted to remove its July 27 meeting from the calendar, and the August meeting was itself moved from August 24 to August 31.

Why it matters to families

For most of the summer the nine-member elected board was not the body deciding who was hired, who was let go, or which vendors won scored contracts. The record contains three different end dates for that delegation, so how long it lasted is genuinely unclear from the minutes.

The evidence

The resolution grants 'the entry into contracts of employment for services, hiring and firing of employees under their jurisdiction, and awards of contracts for scored RFPs, subject to consultation with the Board President for the period July 1, 2026 through October 25, 2026.'

The source