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NEWS, NOTES & VOTES

Virtual School Board Meeting Highlights

June 15, 2021

Our mission: To inspire each student to extraordinary achievement every day.
Congratulations to the Class of 2021!
Board Officers

President: Michelle Rivas
Vice President: Michael Baker
Board Clerk: Basim Elkarra

Trustees
Bob Bastian
Linda Fowler, J.D.
Christine Jefferson
Rebecca Sandoval

PRESENT/DISCUSS/ACTION


AWARD Contract for Construction of Northlake K - 8 School - Agenda item L3)



PERSONNEL RECOMMENDATIONS

The Board of Trustees approved all personnel recommendations including new hires, promotions, resignations and leaves.



BOARD RECOGNITIONS


  • Celebrating TR Graduates! Twin Rivers Unified School District was able to celebrate the hard work and accomplishments of 1,267 graduating seniors in the Class of 2021 with in-person commencement ceremonies this year. The District also hosted a special graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020.

  • Rhima Blenkhorn, 2021 California Classified School Employee of the Year - The Board of Trustees is proud to recognize Twin Rivers Unified employee Rhima Blenkhorn, recently selected as a 2021 California Classified School Employee of the Year. Rhima is the Café Team Lead at Orchard Elementary; a District employee for 13 years. She was selected as a 2021 Sacramento County Classified Employee of the Year in March and went on to compete in the Food and Nutrition Services category at the state level. She is one of nine school employees statewide selected by the California Department of Education (CDE) to receive this well-deserved recognition. Up to two of the nine will be eligible to be nominated for the national Recognizing Inspiring School Employees Award. The winner of that honor will be announced by the U.S. Department of Education in 2022.