Pajaro Valley Unified School District Business Jenny’s leading business official has presented her resignation letter in the district, confirmed Saturday of Heather Contraras.
My resignation comes after some controversial public meetings during which the Board directly questioned the financial management of the district.
Reached by the text, I refused to comment.
The circle will have to find a new CBO at a time when it is facing some budget challenges, including a close economic recession and declining registration, both are likely to ask the board to make numerous discounts.
“Jenny’s resignation is a big loss for our circle and its position will be very difficult to fill,” Contreras said on Saturday. “It has been a great honor for the PVUSD leadership to work with Jenny.”
Contreras added that I have worked in both its role and as the Director of Finance, a position that is not turned in 10 months.
“Jenny has filled the roles of both the Finance Free Director, as well as the CBO for the last ten months, which speaks volumes about her work ethic and commitment to PVUSD,” Contreras said.
“The combination of challenging working circumstances in some areas culminated with the decision to resign,” she said.
I will stay during the budget development process for the 2025-26 school year, which lasts until June, she said.
Board President Olivia Flores had praise for my financial thinking.
“When Jenny my came to us as the Finance Director, my eyes opened,” she said in an email. “Its way to explain very complex accounting systems made it easier for me to understand our budget.
My was the director of finance when she was asked to go in to fill the free role of the CBO, said Flores, a decision for which the district did not regret.
“We’ve had the position of Open Finance Director for months. Jenny has worked the position of two jobs because she cares for our students and this district,” she said. “However, when she is unable to do what she knows is suitable for our circle, I do not blame what she needs to leave.”
It will be difficult, Flores said, to fill the position.
“CBOs are difficult to reach, and the big ones like Jenny are one in a million,” she said. “She will be missing, but I hope where she finds herself in her next attempt she is treated with the goodness and gratitude she deserves.”
Trust Gabe Medina, who often asked IM during board meetings, said he appreciates the work she did for the district, and said she wishes her the best moving forward.
“At the same time, I have a responsibility to hear my constituents, many of whom have felt neglected – whether they are inadequate facilities or lack of efforts to hire more maintenance and operations,” he said. “Asking difficult questions is part of responsibility, not personal criticism. If those questions were perceived differently, this is unfortunate. “
“I wish she would let go of my constituents for setting their needs in the back burning and not to ensure that our schools, especially in Monterey County, were fully prepared for our staff and students,” Medina said. “My priority remains by protecting the community and ensuring that these issues are addressed.”
Board vice president Misty Navarro envisted my departure during the February 25 meeting, which was marked by fighting between board members and strong criticism of the district cabinet.
Navarro said she is ready to take the lead from the district budget office and said on Saturday that she understands my reason to leave.
“When we as a board do not receive the recommendations of experts, who know much more than we are for nuts and finance bolts, then we fail as a board,” she said. “It would be a career suicide for anyone to lead a circle that is going to bankruptcy.
“She has worked diligently to try to create ways to make us fiscally and explain it many times and in very clear ways, and still we couldn’t hear it.”
The trusted PVUSD board will meet Wednesday at 18:00 in the Watsonville City Council rooms at the City Council on 275 Main Street.
While my resignation is not on the agenda, the board will discuss the closure of the Pacific Coast Card School.
The district says the school “is not meeting the essential requirements to continue as a charter school in PVUSD.”
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This story has been updated to include comments from Board Vice President Pvusd Misty Navarro.