Board votes 5–0 to authorize notices for 30.75 FTE temporary teachers

Fountain Valley — The Fountain Valley School District Board reported a closed‑session action Jan. 12 authorizing the superintendent or a designee to issue notices to 30.75 full‑time‑equivalent employees on temporary teacher contracts, with those notices to be given on or before Feb. 16, 2026.

Board President Cole read the reportable action when the meeting returned to open session: the board “took action by a vote of 5 to 0 to authorize the superintendent or designee to notice 30.75 full time equivalent teachers on temporary contract on or before 02/16/2026, a release from district employment at the conclusion of the current … school year pursuant to education code section 44954 b.” The board directed employee numbers be provided to the minutes clerk for inclusion in the official record.

What it means: The action authorizes staff to issue the statutory notices referenced in Education Code section 44954(b). The board reported the procedural vote but did not provide individual names in the open‑session report; the board recorded the vote as 5–0.

Process: The board announced the personnel item for closed session at the start of the meeting under the statutory personnel and labor exceptions to the Brown Act and then reported the action in open session as required. No additional details about affected employees were provided at the public meeting; the board instructed staff to include employee numbers in the minutes.

Next steps: The superintendent or designee will issue the notice(s) as authorized; the district indicated notices are to occur on or before Feb. 16, 2026.