Regular Board Meeting (Open Session)

Summary

The August 14, 2025 regular meeting introduced new student board representatives Logan Marshall and Ivy Dabbs (both 10th graders), with Kyan as alternate. Superintendent Glass delivered his first superintendent's report describing a leadership retreat using the McKinsey Three Horizons model and committed to a 100-day report due in October. The board discussed two technology-related policies (BP 5131.8 mobile devices and BP 6163.4 student use of technology) without action, and held a contentious first reading of Board Bylaw 9310 (policy development process) — the bylaw revision workstream that would continue into Bylaw 9322 the next year. The board approved consent calendar items C through X (except item R, pulled and tabled), and voted to forward Bylaw 9310 (Glass's superintendent draft) for legal review and a second reading on September 11.

Key insights (10)

• Glass announced he was "securing an objective third-party support to review the process, the structure, and the contracts of the pool project" and stated: "Deliver this project on time and under budget."
• On the benefits issue, Glass stated: "My hope is that this all proves to be a misunderstanding. But at this point, I can't make that statement," and committed to a public fact-based investigation.
• Public commenter Gary Kasik referenced "the 1.4 million dollar initial scope that was identified" in the benefits contract breach.
• FUEL board member Shaheen Sheik-Sadhal asked Trustee Morgan to "clarify and finish the point you were making last month" about former acting superintendent Jeff Dixon.
• Student board members Logan and Ivy abstained from voting on Bylaw 9310, with Dabbs stating: "Logan and I have made the decision to abstain from voting for either of these policies due to the fact that we just don't have enough ground knowledge."
• Three drafts of Bylaw 9310 were presented (current policy, a Hills draft, and a Glass draft). Hills stated: "I like your draft better than my own."
• Trustee Malczewski objected to last-minute summer agenda placement and noted: "I didn't see that when you guys terminated the last superintendent, and I didn't see it on December 16th."
• Public commenter Keta Brown called the bylaw revision "a feeble attempt at self-aggrandizement by Mr. Hills at the expense of the district as a whole."
• Mobile device policy 5131.8 staff proposal: target limiting in-class screen time to approximately three hours daily; Securly parent access rolling out; survey data showed students reporting "I don't own a smartphone" rising from 8% to 20% over two years.
• Officer Danny Lopez (SRO) reported on summer SRO summit training including active shooter drills at Santa Margarita HS, and a Thurston e-bike program with mandatory parent attendance.

Linked timeline events (7)

• Jul 1, 2025 Glass officially begins as Superintendent
• Jul 24, 2025 Glass discloses health benefits overpayment issue at board meeting
• Sep 2025 Bishop & Associates forensic audit completed
• Oct 9, 2025 Glass presents 100-Day Superintendent Report
• Jan 8, 2026 Board approves $18.8M pool modernization hard-cost contract
• Jan 22, 2026 Board approves Bylaw 9322 first reading on agenda authority 3–2
• Feb 12, 2026 Board adopts Bylaw 9322 on second reading 3–2; CSEA and LaBUFA file grievance