Closed Session (Sep 11, 2025)

Summary

Procedural opening at 5:02 p.m. with the announcement that **Member Kelly will call in remotely at 6 p.m. for the open session, "for just cause."** Roll establishes quorum: Morgan, Malczewski, Hills (Clerk), Perry (President). Glass is asked about agenda changes; Perry then proposes moving the **pool item** up in the agenda to accommodate student attendees expecting that discussion (item 10 → item 8). Brief discussion about user-friendly meeting tracking (referencing city council practice of agenda-position indicators on the dais). Motion to move pool to position 8 passes 4-0-1. This is the **earliest closed-session meeting** in the playlist where the now-routine intra-board fights over agenda placement are absent — the meeting is collegial and student-focused.

Key insights (5)

• **Member Kelly attending remotely "for just cause"** — likely Brown Act §54953(b)(1)(B) just-cause remote attendance (newer provision). One of two such instances in the closed-session corpus.
• **The pool / Guyer Field facilities thread** is already active in September — this is the same pool item that flows into the $11M pool modernization in the FY25-26 budget per 2026-05-12-lbusd-rule-coverage-analysis-and-corroboration-targets and surfaces in the graduation-venue dispute (Guyer Field vs. Irvine Bowl) per 2026-03-12 - LBUSD Closed Session.
• **Sherry Morgan suggests user-friendly online tracking** — *"if we can help promote the um ability to follow online more, because then students and parents don't have to sit through the entire meeting, they can wait for the item that they're looking for and then come over when they're ready. The city, I mean, people do that with city council."* Notable as a process-improvement suggestion rather than a partisan dispute.
• **Dr. Kelly / Mr. Hills micro-banter** intact: *"would love to look on your face when I raise my hand oh no what's he gonna say"* — Hills's affect when Kelly speaks is on-record consistent with the later more-overt hostility.
• No closed-session items read into the record.