Case Study: Hesperia Unified School District achieves paperless, streamlined board management with Accela Legislative Management

Hesperia Unified School District Simplifies the Board Management Process

Hesperia Unified School District, serving a Mojave Desert population of more than 90,000, faced a time-consuming, paper-based board management process: staff manually typed or transcribed agenda items, numbered and collated packets that sometimes topped 700 pages, printed and delivered copies twice monthly, and spent days completing minutes—creating high printing costs and workflow bottlenecks.

Implementing Accela Legislative Management automated agenda creation and document handling, enabled configurable templates (including hiding incorrect ones by department), and made meeting video the official record so minutes are available in under an hour. The district saw improved staff productivity, fewer template errors, reduced printing and redundancy, and greater citizen access and engagement through an online portal.

Hesperia Unified School District

Lori Mente

Executive Secretary II, Hesperia Unified School District