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Regular Board Meeting (Open Session)

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Summary

Dr. Jason Glass's first regular board meeting after taking office July 1. Under President Perry, the board approved an architectural contract for an El Moro portable, additional design services not to exceed $132,550 for the LBHS pool modernization, additional design services not to exceed $59,000 for TK/K classrooms, the 2027-28 instructional calendar, the 2025-26 LaBUFA tentative agreement (3% total compensation), a parallel 3% increase for unrepresented/management/confidential employees, and a $15,000 Leadership Associates search contract for the vacant Assistant Superintendent of Business Services role. The headline disclosure came from Glass: a previously unflagged health-benefits contribution overage of approximately $550,000 for the just-ended fiscal year and approximately $850,000 projected for the current year, constituting a breach of CBA caps. The board passed an expanded LaBUFA-ratification motion 5-0 authorizing union engagement, long-term benefits strategy development, and retention of qualified independent forensic financial auditors.

Key insights (11)

  • Closed-session readmission of a student passed 5-0 to open the meeting.
  • Glass on the overage: "Last year so this fiscal year that has just finished the overage was approximately $550,000 and this coming or the current fiscal year that we are in the overage is projected to be around $850,000." He stated he "became aware this last week" and that fully passing the cost back to employees would have produced "rate increases of over 200% in some categories."
  • Glass attributed origin to past efforts to encourage employees toward certain plans/tiers to create financially stable plans; broker is Burnham Benefits / Baldwin Group.
  • Trustee Morgan: "I struggle to believe that no one knew about it other than the one person that was responsible for funding it, because that same person now was just welcomed into the fuel community at their summer evening on July 13th."
  • Trustee Malczewski objected the disclosure was "premature" and urged approving the contract and investigating before public discussion.
  • Trustee Hills: "the two senior officials of the district who are most responsible for this matter are both gone right now. They've left," describing the overage as a "unilateral change" requiring return to "bilateral action."
  • Expanded LaBUFA ratification motion passed 5-0: authorizes (1) negotiations with unions to amend contracts and address the overage; (2) long-term benefit strategy development; and (3) retention of qualified independent auditors for forensic financial audits.
  • Pool modernization architecture: $132,550 additional services for sound wall, covered shade structure, photovoltaic panels, site lighting, building height reductions, and Park Avenue arcade column redesign — responding to neighbor concerns about earlier proposals. Hills said neighbors were "owed an apology."
  • LaBUFA 2025-26 TA: 2% on-schedule salary increase plus longevity stipends of $795.75 (after 10 years) and $1,856.75 (after 19 years); total 3% compensation.
  • Leadership Associates $15,000 search contract approved for the Assistant Superintendent of Business Services role vacated by Jeff Dixon (who left for Newport-Mesa). Glass confirmed he was personally serving as interim CBO, saving over $40,000 vs. paying an external interim.
  • Prop 28 spending (~$300K annual) funded additional elementary theater support, a second certificated vocal music teacher, expanded paraeducator hours, makerspace lab supplies ($40,000 at LBHS), and field-trip arts programs.

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Source record

This meeting is catalogued as source lbusd-video-2025-07-24 . The summary and insights on this page are produced from a local transcript of the recording linked above; they are not a verbatim transcript and may abbreviate or paraphrase. Direct quotes from this meeting that need to be cited verbatim should reference the recording timestamp.