LaBUFA + CSEA present staff survey results at board meeting; Dixon Acting Superintendent contract approved
At the April 17, 2025 LBUSD board meeting — a roughly five-hour session — the certificated (LaBUFA) and classified (CSEA Chapter 131) bargaining units presented results of staff surveys conducted earlier in the spring. Per the FUEL Board's contemporaneous recap, the surveys reported 87–91% of teachers and support staff felt unsupported by the board and an 89% no-confidence vote in board leadership, with related items showing 94–97% of respondents characterizing the board's direction as negative and 95% opposing increased board control over curriculum decisions. At the same meeting the board approved Acting Superintendent Jeff Dixon's formal contract and agreed to begin the following year's curriculum review timeline earlier.
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- FUEL Board: The 4/17 School Board Meeting Follow Up advocacy FUEL — Families Unified for Education in LagunaFUEL — Families Unified for Education in Laguna · Emily Rolfing · 2025-04-18
Staff survey results revealed significant dissatisfaction: between 87-91% of teachers and support staff reported feeling unsupported by the board, while 89% voted no confidence in leadership.
FUEL's April 18, 2025 recap of the previous night's roughly five-hour LBUSD board meeting, summarizing the LaBUFA and CSEA staff-survey numbers.
- LTE — Howard Hills: Be silent money, not a woobie-hugger advocacy FUEL — Families Unified for Education in LagunaFUEL — Families Unified for Education in Laguna · Shaheen Sheik-Sadhal · 2025-04-15
At last Thursday's meeting, Mr. Hills waxed poetic about a sweeping policy review under the guise of "good governance." Yet, in the same breath, he publicly disparaged award-winning staff — directly contradicting the principles of collaboration and respect that underpin effective leadership and actual good governance.
FUEL President Sheik-Sadhal's letter, published two days before the April 17, 2025 meeting, references Trustee Hills's conduct at the prior week's board meeting.