Regular Board Meeting (Open Session)
Summary
The October 9, 2025 regular meeting opened with disclosure of a closed-session 3-2 vote authorizing the board president and superintendent (in consultation with the new CBO) to refer the Michael Bishop & Associates audit — Malczewski and Kelly opposed; Morgan, Hills, and Perry in favor. Glass delivered his 100-Day Report identifying four themes (trust/coherence/culture; arts/environment/community; pathways/student voice/place; balancing innovation and well-being). The board approved the 2024-25 Unaudited Actuals (ending fund balance $25M; total district fund balance $58.7M), Resolution 25-21 adjusting the Gann limit upward by $3,410,396.95, Resolution 25-22 transferring $900K to FERP, Resolution 25-23 transferring $1.2M to the CIP fund, a $10,000 Gray Matters LLC communications-support contract, and a $60,000 Baldwin Group benefits-consulting renewal.
Key insights (11)
- Closed-session 3-2 vote to refer the Bishop audit: Malczewski and Kelly no; Morgan, Hills, and Perry yes. Board president and superintendent authorized to act in consultation with the new CBO.
- Glass's 100-Day Report: "If everything is a priority, then nothing is." Four themes: (1) trust/coherence/culture — citing "Stop the drama" as the most frequent survey comment; (2) arts/environment/community; (3) pathways, student voice, place — including pool modernization and a potential 2001 bond renewal projected to generate "nearly $90 million for school improvements"; (4) balancing innovation and well-being.
- Public speaker Lauren Unterbruger called on Hills to step down: "Tonight I'm asking you to step down," citing CBA non-compliance for FY 2022-23 through 2025-26.
- Public speaker George Weiss cited $1.3 million in overpayment since 2021 and urged forensic audit and fund recovery.
- CSEA representative cited survey results that "87.3% of classified and over 90% of certificated staff supported recalling you" (directed at Hills) and alleged violations of board policies 9005, 9010, 9012, 9200, and 9323.
- LaBUFA representative Wittkop quoted emails attributed to Hills on the record, including a line about "election deniers, who include the Trump fanatics accused of anti-democratic insurgency in 2021."
- Hills disclosed he had received a legal opinion stating he had not released student records (regarding Model UN allegations) and that he had been "accused of being a pedophile" in social media abuse forwarded to his grandchildren.
- Budget administrator Raymond Lee presented 2024-25 Unaudited Actuals: revenues $89M (~$667K above projection); expenditures $87.5M (~$876K below projection); ending GF balance growing from $23.5M to $25M; 13-year average annual surplus ~$3.9M.
- Net district healthcare cost reported as $5.5M (total premiums ~$6M minus ~$500K employee contributions).
- Conlin announced Roychowdhury would join as Assistant Superintendent of Business Services the following Monday.
- Malczewski criticized the most recent "It's a Wrap" newsletter, stating it "represents the perspective of only some board members."
Linked timeline events (8)
- Glass officially begins as Superintendent
- Bishop & Associates forensic audit completed
- Manoj Roychowdhury hired as Assistant Superintendent of Business Services
- Glass presents 100-Day Superintendent Report
- Staff presents benefits options to board
- Board votes 5–0 to absorb $850K health benefits shortfall
- Board approves $18.8M pool modernization hard-cost contract
- Governance meeting addresses board oversight authority
Source record
This meeting is catalogued as source lbusd-video-2025-10-09 . 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.