PVUSD agendas set votes on $1,265,165 turf contract and three-year teachers' agreement
The Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Education scheduled votes on a $1,265,165 synthetic turf contract and a three-year agreement with its teachers union across three meetings held between September 30 and October 7, 2026, according to the meeting agendas. Minutes have not been published for any of the three meetings, so whether the board approved these items is not established by the records available.
Turf field contract: $1,265,165
At a special meeting on September 30, the board was set to vote on Resolution No. 26-27-03 and CMAS Contract No. 4-26-08-1031 with FieldTurf USA Inc. for $1,265,165.00 for the Rolling Hills Middle School Field Improvement Project, funded by the Measure M Bond Fund.
The same consent agenda listed the Proposition 28 Arts and Music in Schools annual report for fiscal year 2025-2026; a 2026-2027 memorandum of understanding between PVUSD and Santa Cruz City Schools; and an addendum to the list of non-public agencies and contracted service providers for Special Services/SELPA for the 2026-2027 school year, naming Santa Cruz ABA, EVALsolution Psychology Corp. and Waltz Behavior Group.
Closed session items were labor negotiations with PVFT, CSEA and CWA; public employee discipline, dismissal, release or complaints; existing litigation, OAH Case No. 2026070408; and a liability claim from Drama Education Network.
Teachers' contract with 2% and 1% raises
At a regular meeting on October 7, with closed session at 5:00 PM and public session at 6:00 PM at the PVUSD Boardroom, 294 Green Valley Road, Watsonville, the board was set to vote on a three-year tentative agreement with the Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers covering July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028. The agenda described a 2% ongoing raise effective July 1, 2025, 1% effective July 1, 2026, and 1% effective July 1, 2027, restoration of the $250 per classroom teacher supply stipend in 2026-2027, and mutual withdrawal of pending PERB cases.
Two public hearings were scheduled: Resolution #8 on the sufficiency of pupil textbooks and instructional materials for fiscal year 2026-2027 under Education Code Section 60119, and an AB 1200 disclosure of the tentative agreement reached with PVFT on August 24, 2026.
Consent items included expulsion # 26-27-001 and # 26-27-002, ratification of certificated and classified personnel items, an addendum to the Effective School Solutions contract adding a full-time mental health clinician, and a contract with Access Educational Solutions, LLC (DBA Waltz Behavior Group) for Tier 3 counseling at Renaissance High School.
Board governance retreat
The board held a working retreat on Saturday, October 3, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at 294 Green Valley Road, Watsonville, to review and approve five governance items: Effective Policy Leadership; Calibrating Goals & Guardrails; Navigating Conflict, referencing Bylaw 9322 and Bylaw 9270; Self-Evaluation using the Focus Mindset practice; and Effective Goal Monitoring. The agenda stated the meeting would not be live streamed or recorded, that public comments were limited to agenda items, and that no action would be taken on matters raised during public comment.
Coming up
No upcoming meetings were listed in the data provided for the next 14 days. The agendas for the September 30, October 3 and October 7 meetings are the source records for this roundup; minutes for those meetings had not been published as of October 13, 2026.