Board approves multiple personnel actions and contract amendments, including superintendent agreement amendment

During its Sept. 25 meeting, the Brentwood Board of Education approved a package of personnel actions that included amendments to employment agreements for district administrators, appointments to administrative posts, and a last‑chance agreement with a represented staff member. Board motions and seconds were read into the record for each item and the board approved the items by voice vote.

The board approved on motion an amendment to the superintendent’s employment agreement dated June 20, 2024, authorizing the board president to execute the amendment with Wanda Ortiz Rivera. The board also approved amendments dated Sept. 23, 2021 for Anne Palmer (assistant superintendent for elementary education) and for Rhonda Young (assistant superintendent for special services), and an amendment dated June 20, 2024 for Matthew Gengler (assistant superintendent for secondary education). An amendment to the salary and benefits agreement dated Oct. 17, 2024 for Vincent Leone (director of programs and policy) was also approved.

On personnel appointments, the board appointed Cindy Bettencourt as assistant principal (elementary) for a four‑year probationary period effective Oct. 1, 2025, and approved an administrative table of organization change to create an assistant coordinator of counseling and guidance (a four‑year probationary period effective Oct. 1, 2025 through Sept. 30, 2029). The board also authorized a salary and benefits agreement with Stacy Berde for assistant superintendent for elementary education effective Nov. 3, 2025; that agreement was to be executed by the board president.

A last‑chance agreement dated Sept. 10, 2025 between the district and a staff member represented by Local 237, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, was approved; the board described the item as a personnel settlement and approved it on motion.

Board members made the motions and recorded seconds for each item on the consent agenda; explicit roll‑call tallies were not read into the transcript excerpt, but the chair announced motions as "so moved" after voice votes. Several board members congratulated newly appointed staff during the meeting.

The district also provided enrollment figures in the meeting packet: student enrollment totals were presented as 17,211 as of Sept. 5, 2025, with breakdowns for elementary, middle, freshman campus and high school, and special services totals included in the packet.