Board reports expulsions from closed session, approves new assistant principal at Santa Paula High

The Santa Paula Unified School District governing board reconvened from closed session and reported actions on three student discipline cases before the public meeting on June 11, 2026.

According to the board’s closed-session report, expulsion cases (listed by district case numbers) were reviewed under Education Code sections 48900 and 48915; for each case Board member Frutos moved for expulsion. The report in open session stated the board approved expulsions covering the remainder of the 2025–26 school year and the fall semester of 2026–27. The transcript records the board’s roll-call and indicates the matter was approved as announced in closed session; the report includes the education-code citations given to the board at the time.

Also announced from closed session was the appointment of Gabriel Cro Rubius as assistant principal at Santa Paula High School. The board approved the appointment by voice vote; Rubius then introduced himself to the board and community, describing more than 25 years in education and his commitment to student achievement and social–emotional supports. "I am excited and honored to be part of the Santa Paula district family and part of the high school," Rubius said during his remarks.

The board then moved into the public portion of its agenda, led the Pledge of Allegiance, and approved the meeting agenda by voice vote.

What happens next: The board made the expulsions and the appointment public in its reconvened business meeting. Any appeal rights, specific student-identifying details, or written orders were not read into the public transcript; the district’s published minutes and the parties’ notices will provide formal documentation of the closed-session outcomes.