Closed Session (Mar 12, 2026)

Summary

Heated 11-minute pre-closed-session procedural fight over public comment placement for an evening with expected student attendance. Two competing motions: 1. Morgan moves: bring public comment on non-agenda items to the front **for students only tonight**, hold board policy of 20 minutes, second non-agenda public comment block at end. Passes by roll-call vote (Hills: yes, Perry: yes, Malczewski: yes, Kelly: no, Morgan: yes — 4-1). 2. Kelly's substitute motion: move public comment on non-agenda items to the beginning of **all future meetings** ("forcing citizens to wait till the end of our meetings, 11 o'clock or midnight, is unfair and undemocratic") — disposition unclear from transcript. Kelly attempts to add a motion to **reconsider the graduation venue** (Guyer Field vs. Irvine Bowl) and turn the decision back to administration. Counsel (Noel Brady?) clarifies it would be a Brown Act violation to add it to tonight's agenda — must go on a future agenda. Morgan: "the board will not hear this item again."

Key insights (5)

• **Brown Act discussion on the dais.** Counsel explicitly invoked: adding an item to the current agenda for action would violate the Brown Act (28-hour notice rule). Future agendas only.
• **Graduation venue dispute** (Guyer Field vs. Irvine Bowl) — present in this transcript as a closed-out matter from the board majority's view; surfaces again in ../../wiki/sources/2026-05-14-lbusd-board-meeting-transcript-open-session as ongoing community pressure.
• **Process tension between Hills and Kelly** — Morgan repeatedly admonishing Kelly: *"You do not have the floor. You have not been recognized."*
• Counter-attack pattern: Kelly's: *"would reconsider their motion regarding the location of graduation and turn it back to the administration to deal with since the town is all up in arms and the school is all divided, and you have just thrown fire on something that did not need to be have fire on."*
• Procedural complexity: roll-call votes used for both motions — the start of the more formalized roll-call pattern that becomes routine in subsequent meetings.