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Dr. Don Austin

LBUSD Superintendent (incoming, effective Jul 1, 2026)

Also known as: Austin, Don Austin

Appointed LBUSD Superintendent on May 14, 2026, effective July 1, 2026, succeeding Jason Glass. Previously principal of Laguna Beach High School for five years. Served as superintendent of Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District and then Palo Alto Unified School District; his Palo Alto tenure ended in a February 2026 mutual separation agreement.

Appears in 7 timeline events

  1. Per the board's May 14, 2026 announcement, Dr. Don Austin is scheduled to begin as LBUSD Superintendent of Schools on July 1, 2026, succeeding Jason Glass and concluding Manoj Roychowdhury's interim…

    Portrait of Manoj Roychowdhury
    Roychowdhury

  2. Palo Alto Unified School District named Dr. Jason Glass — the superintendent the Laguna Beach Unified board majority separated from on May 12, 2026 — as its incoming superintendent, pending contract…

    Portrait of Dr. Jason E. Glass
    Glass

  3. Erika Rule's June 2, 2026 op-ed at publicrecordlaguna.com, "LBUSD's Superintendent Shortcut," described the agenda for the June 4, 2026 LBUSD regular board meeting as including an item titled…

    Portrait of Manoj Roychowdhury Portrait of Sheri Morgan
    Roychowdhury, Morgan

  4. At its June 4, 2026 regular meeting (item 12.B), the Board of Education approved a four-year employment agreement for Dr. Don Austin as superintendent, effective July 1, 2026, on a 3-2 vote. Sheri…

    Portrait of Sheri Morgan Portrait of Howard Hills Portrait of Dee Perry Portrait of Joan Malczewski
    Morgan, Hills, Perry, Malczewski

  5. On June 3, 2026, Erika Rule published "The Questions Behind LBUSD's Sudden Superintendent Transition" at publicrecordlaguna.com and submitted a 45-item California Public Records Act request to the…

    Portrait of Dr. Jason E. Glass Portrait of Sheri Morgan Portrait of Manoj Roychowdhury
    Glass, Morgan, Roychowdhury

  6. Following Superintendent Jason Glass's May 31, 2026 departure, Chief Business Official Manoj Roychowdhury is scheduled to serve as Interim Superintendent through the June 2026 transition, bridging…

    Portrait of Manoj Roychowdhury Portrait of Dr. Jason E. Glass
    Roychowdhury, Glass

  7. On May 14, 2026 — two days after the board's mutual-separation vote with Superintendent Jason Glass — the LBUSD Board of Education announced the appointment of Dr. Don Austin as Superintendent of…

    Portrait of Manoj Roychowdhury Portrait of Sheri Morgan Portrait of Dr. Jason E. Glass
    Roychowdhury, Morgan, Glass