UPPER LAKE, Calif. – The Upper Lake Unified School District Board will meet this week to discuss the next steps in hiring new key staff positions.

The board will meet in open session at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the student center/library at Upper Lake High School, 675 Clover Valley Road.

All documents for the meeting can be found at http://www.ulhs.k12.ca.us/parents/?id=123 .

At its last meeting at the end of January, the board took action to hire Upper Lake Union High School District Principal/Superintendent Patrick Iaccino to also act as interim superintendent of the new district, as Lake County News has reported.

The boards of both the new unified district and the soon-to-be-dissolved high school district approved a memorandum of understanding to allow Iaccino to act as superintendent for both districts, work he agreed to do with no additional pay.

Similarly, on Tuesday the board will consider a memorandum of understanding with the Upper Lake Union High School District to have Dina McCrea, Iaccino's administrative assistant at the high school, provide administrative secretarial support to the new district.

A second memorandum of understanding between the new district and Upper Lake Union Elementary School District is to allow for Becky Jeffries, the elementary district's chief business official, to be the chief business official of the unified district.

McCrea and Jeffries, like Iaccino, will not receive additional compensation, according to the proposed contracts, which will be in effect from the time of acceptance until June 30, the day when the elementary and high school districts will formally dissolve in order for the unification to become final.

In other business, the board will consider approving the job description and salary schedule for the elementary school principal job, and new agreements and bylaws.

Also on the agenda are special reports from Wally Holbrook and Richard Smith of Education Leadership Solutions, the consulting firm hired to help with educating the new board, on the board work study; a special report from Iaccino on the new district's organization structure as well as his regular informational update; and a report from Jeffries.

Board members include President Mel O'Meara, Clerk Diane Plante, and members Keith Austin, Don Meri and Claudine Pedroncelli.

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