Closed Session (May 12, 2026)

Summary

Public-facing bookend of the May 12 special closed-session meeting (with a budget study session to follow at 3:30). Roll established a quorum with Trustees Perry, Hills, Kelly, and President Morgan present; Malczewski had not yet arrived. Seven public-comment cards were taken before the board adjourned to closed session under Government Code 54957 (public employee discipline / dismissal / release). Speakers were uniformly hostile to the board majority (Morgan, Hills) and pleaded with Dee Perry — explicitly framed as the deciding vote — not to take action against Jason Glass.

Key insights (7)

• The closed-session agenda item was **public employee discipline / dismissal / release** under Gov't Code 54957 — speaker Eva Pauling characterized this as "the sixth consecutive meeting" with that item listed and noted the meeting was scheduled "just a day in advance."
• Speakers explicitly identified Dee Perry as the deciding vote and addressed her directly: "you may hold all the cards right now. If something happens in this closed session, this is on you."
• Multiple speakers characterized the board majority's conduct as "barbaric, petty, and cruel" (Lauren Unterberger), "bullies," and asserted Glass had "broad support from parents and community members across this district, including many who fundamentally disagree with each other about how this board operates."
• Gary Kasik (named in vault as Gary Kasik) objected to **leakage from the district**: "I was deeply disturbed when I saw that communications to one of the trustees was distributed out to a variety of residents." He framed his comment as a defense of closed-session confidentiality.
• Meredith McMahon delivered a satirical knock-knock-joke comment ("transparency / transparency who? / exactly") flagging the cumulative loss of community trust.
• Eva Pauling: "scheduling a closed session with public employee discipline dismissal release on the agenda just a day in advance, making this the sixth consecutive meeting with which that item is listed, naturally leads the community to believe something significant is happening behind closed doors."
• The meeting moved to closed session via standard motion; agenda was adopted before adjournment.