Procedural whoopsies pile up in West Valley

Oops! West Valley School District’s board of trustees has done it again.

The district was the victim of a self-inflicted “procedural glitch” for the second time in a year after it selected a new superintendent last week without first properly notifying the public in advance of its vote.

The board unanimously voted to hire West Valley Interim Superintendent Richard Gross at a Feb. 6 hiring committee meeting that happened to include the full board’s participation. After the meeting, the board chair called Gross to offer the position, which he said he accepted, pending approval of a contract.