When/where: Tuesday, October 6, 2026. Closed Session 5:15-7:00 p.m.; Open Session 7:00 p.m. District Office Board Room, 16700 Norwalk Boulevard, Cerritos, CA 90703. Also viewable via Myabcusd.org/boardmeeting, Spectrum/Charter Channel 32, or Frontier Channel 29 — per the published agenda 16.
Meeting type: Regular Meeting of the Board of Education, per the agenda's own heading 16.
The news
Among roughly 26 items on the agenda, the board takes up two tentative labor agreements covering classified employees — the bargaining units that include instructional-support and maintenance classifications — and is asked to extend the superintendent's and three top administrators' contracts through 2029.
Item bullets (consequence order)
- 2.7-A / 2.8-A — AFSCME tentative agreement. The agenda calls for the board to "Disclose the Tentative Agreement with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Local 2229, Council 36 in accordance with provisions of AB 1200, and conduct a Public Hearing on the components of the disclosure," then separately to "Approve the Tentative Agreement... amending Article VII: Compensation and Article VIII: Health and Welfare Benefits," per the district's staff recommendation 16.
- 2.9-A / 2.10-A — CSEA tentative agreement. The agenda calls for a disclosure/public hearing on a tentative agreement with the California School Employees Association, ABC Chapter #24, then board approval of that agreement "amending Article VII: Compensation, Article X: Hours and Overtime and Article XIX: Grievance Procedures," per the district's staff recommendation 16.
- 2.11-A — Management/Confidential compensation. The agenda asks the board to "Approve the Tentative Agreement between the Board of Education and the Management/Confidential Employees regarding Compensation," per staff's recommendation 16.
- 2.12-A — Superintendent and cabinet contract extensions. The agenda proposes approving "contract amendments for Dr. Gina Zietlow, Superintendent; Mr. Toan Nguyen, Deputy Superintendent/Chief Financial Officer; Dr. Carol Castro, Assistant Superintendent-Academic Services; and Dr. Joseph Fraser, Assistant Superintendent-Human Resources; with extension of their contracts through June 30, 2029," per staff's recommendation 16.
- 4.2-A — Alondra Boulevard property. The agenda proposes "Resolution 26-13 reaffirming that the Alondra Boulevard property is surplus and authorizing staff to continue the process of offering the property for sale," per staff's recommendation 16.
- 4.1-C — Revolving Cash Fund. A consent item proposes "Resolution 26-09 to temporarily increase the Revolving Cash Fund from $75,000 to $500,000," which the agenda ties to the district's transition to a new HR/payroll system (BEST Advantage HCM) with LACOE, per the agenda's own text 16.
Also on the agenda: resolutions recognizing Filipino American History Month (1.2-A, with a separate presentation item) and Red Ribbon Week (1.3-A), a resolution in support of Proposition 3 (1.4-A), a new Assistant Director-Nutrition Services job classification (2.6-A), and several consent-calendar personnel/credentialing items, per the published agenda 16.
Closed Session (preceding Open Session)
The posted Closed Session agenda lists five matters of public-employee discipline/dismissal/release/evaluation, a superintendent evaluation, labor-negotiator conferences on agreements with ABCFT/AFSCME/CSEA, a real-property negotiator conference concerning the Alondra Parking Lot and Benito Juarez Elementary School, seven existing-litigation matters (case numbers published), a special-education settlement matter, and one anticipated-litigation matter — all per the district's own Closed Session agenda 16.
How to follow
The district says the meeting can be viewed at Myabcusd.org/boardmeeting, Spectrum/Charter Channel 32, or Frontier Channel 29. This preview covers 6 of roughly 26 items on the Oct. 6 agenda, selected for consequence; it is not the complete agenda 16.