The Moreland School District Board of Trustees approved multiple agenda items Tuesday after brief discussion, including additions to next year’s board calendar, appointments to bond and parcel tax oversight committees and the consent agenda covering several consultant contracts.
On amended meeting dates, district staff proposed adding a February board meeting to both the 2025–26 and 2026–27 calendars. Speaker 2 moved to approve dates for the 2025–26 school year and Speaker 4 seconded; the board voted in favor. Speaker 1 moved and Speaker 2 seconded approval of the 2026–27 dates; that motion also passed.
The board appointed volunteers to the Measure M Bond Oversight Committee and to the Parcel Tax Oversight Committee. Staff (Speaker 7) said outreach included school newsletters and the Moreland Insider; Speaker 7 said the district seeks at least five oversight members and will continue recruitment. Speaker 4 moved to approve the Measure M appointments and Speaker 7 seconded; the motion passed.
The board discussed and then approved the consent agenda, which included several contract items. Board members asked about an MOU with Elevate Math, a bridge program the district has used in prior years. Speaker 8 described Elevate Math as a bridge curriculum aimed at students one or two grade levels behind and said it focuses on preparing students to transition from fifth to sixth grade; he noted additional teacher training requirements tied to the program.
Board members also asked about a two‑year contract with Stanford University's Center to Support Excellence in Teaching (CSET). Speaker 6 explained CSET will convene a 25–30 member task force of staff and families, conduct student focus groups, and then design and lead professional development for administrators and teachers on AI use in K–12 classrooms. Speaker 6 said the arrangement is intended as a comprehensive two‑year engagement that will include both task‑force work and professional development.
Motions to approve the consent agenda and the listed appointments were moved and seconded (movers and seconds recorded in the meeting record) and the board voted to approve each item. Where vote tallies were read aloud, members responded with "aye"; no recorded no votes or abstentions appear in the transcript.
Next procedural items included confirming future meeting dates and noting a February break; the meeting was then adjourned.