The Salida School District Board of Education met in a special meeting on Tuesday, March 3rd, to act on a recommendation by Superintendent Blackburn to reassign Talmage Trujillo.
The recommendation would have impacted the SHS principal position, the SHS Dean of Students and the MTSS Coordinator position. The board moved into closed executive session and discussed the recommendation that would have demoted Mr. Trujillo to a teaching position on an interim basis for the remainder of the school year or until further notice and reassigned two additional staff members.
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The Board returned to public session to act on the recommendation. Board members spoke to the decision in front of them acknowledging the difficulty of the situation for all involved. They thanked the community for their engagement and expressed their commitment to considering the volume of thoughtful letters, calls and messages received.
The recommendation didn’t pass, following a vote of 3 to 4.
Superintendent Blackburn was tasked with bringing a revised recommendation to the board at the regular meeting of the Board scheduled for Tuesday, March 8th, at 6 pm in the Board Room at the Kesner Building, 349 E 9th Street, Salida.
