James J. Kelly

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…

Austin, Morgan, Hills, Perry

A special board meeting was held on May 12, 2026, with closed session scheduled for 2:30 PM and a budget study session that followed at 3:30 PM at the LBUSD District Office. The closed session was…

Glass, Hills, Perry, Malczewski

At the April 23, 2026 Board Governance Meeting, the board voted 5-0 (with student advisory vote) to approve an agreement with TBWB/CivicX for bond communications consulting in connection with a…

Hills

At the April 16, 2026 regular board meeting, the LBUSD Board voted 3-2 to retain counsel for insurance-recovery work on the district's AB 218 (retroactive childhood-sexual-abuse liability) matter at…

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McCune, Roychowdhury, Hills, Pearl

At the March 26, 2026 regular board meeting, Trustee James J. Kelly stated on the record that he had "suggested to Dr. Glass that he find a job someplace else," saying "you don't treat a…

Glass

At the March 26, 2026 Regular Board Meeting, the board approved the consent calendar 5-0 with item C (a venue change for the LBHS Senior Awards event from Guyer Field to the Irvine Bowl) corrected to…

Morgan, Hills, Perry, Malczewski

At the March 12, 2026 closed-session pre-meeting, Trustee Kelly attempted to add a motion to reconsider the February 26 graduation- venue vote and return the decision to administration. Board counsel…

Morgan, Hills, Perry, Malczewski

At the February 26, 2026 board governance meeting, the board voted 3-2 to relocate the 2026 Laguna Beach High School graduation ceremony from Guyer Field to the Irvine Bowl. Hills, Morgan, and Perry…

Hills, Morgan, Perry, Malczewski

The February 26, 2026 special governance meeting closed-session agenda included item 3D — a superintendent performance review. It was the second performance-review item placed before the board in…

Glass, Morgan, Hills, Perry

At the February 12, 2026 regular board meeting (a roughly seven-hour session), the board voted 3-2 on a second reading to adopt revised Board Bylaw 9322 on agenda development authority. Morgan,…

Morgan, Hills, Perry, Malczewski

At the January 22, 2026 regular board meeting, the board voted 3-2 on a first reading of revised Board Bylaw 9322 governing agenda development authority. The amended language, proposed by Trustee…

Hills, Morgan, Malczewski, Perry

At the December 11, 2025 organizational meeting, the LBUSD Board of Education elected new leadership positions for the 2025-26 cycle on two 3-2 votes. Outgoing Board President Dee Perry declined to…

Morgan, Perry, Hills, Malczewski

At the October 23, 2025 regular board meeting, the LBUSD Board voted 4-1 to authorize retaining the law firm Dannis Woliver Kelley (DWK) for a one-year term. Trustee James J. Kelly voted no. DWK is…

At the September 11, 2025 regular board meeting the board took action under Governance (item 14.E) on the "Second Reading and Approval of BB 9310 - Board Policies." Per BoardDocs, the policy manual…

Glass, Morgan, Hills, Perry

At the September 11, 2025 regular board meeting the board conducted a "First Reading of Board Bylaw 9223 - Filling Vacancies" under Governance - Action (item 14.D), the bylaw that governs the…

Glass, Morgan, Hills, Perry

At the August 14, 2025 regular board meeting, item 7E placed Board Bylaw 9310 (the board's policy on creating board policy) on the agenda for revision discussion. Trustee Joan Malczewski moved to…

Malczewski, Hills, Morgan, Perry

At the May 8, 2025 regular board meeting the board took an action item under Action Items - Business Services (10.A): "Approval for Acting Superintendent, Jeff Dixon, to Enter into a Contract with…

Dixon, Morgan, Hills, Perry

At the March 13, 2025 regular board meeting the board acted on three related Leadership Associates engagements under Governance - Action: (7.B) "Ratification and Approval of Service Agreements with…

Dixon, Morgan, Hills, Perry

At a special board meeting on February 12, 2025, the board conducted "Interview and Selection of Executive Search Firm for New Superintendent" (Governance - Action item 3.A) and selected Leadership…

Dixon, Morgan, Hills, Perry

Voice of OC published reporting on the new LBUSD board's interim superintendent search process. The January 9, 2025 piece by Hosam Elattar quoted two former board members — Peggy Wolff and Ketta…

Culverhouse, Dixon, Perry, Hills

Morgan and Hills were sworn in by Mayor Alex Rounaghi. Per Sensible Laguna, outgoing Board President Jan Vickers, outgoing Clerk Kelly Osborne, and Superintendent Viloria did not attend. Dee Perry…

Morgan, Hills, Perry, Malczewski

For the November 2022 election cycle, only three candidates filed for the three open LBUSD Board of Education seats, so no election was held. Dee Perry, James J. Kelly, and Joan Malczewski took the…

Perry, Malczewski, Normandin

On September 17, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued the third and final dismissal of Dee Perry's federal civil-rights complaint against Superintendent Viloria…

Perry, Viloria, Wolff, Normandin

The August 31, 2020 special closed-session board meeting noticed as item 3.A: "Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation (§ 54956.9) Case No. 8:19-cv-02381-DOC-(JDEx) Dee Perry v Jason…

Perry, Viloria, Wolff, Normandin

On December 10, 2019, sitting LBUSD Trustee Dee Perry filed a federal civil-rights complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (Southern Division, Santa Ana) as Case…

Perry, Viloria, Wolff, Normandin

Per paragraphs 65–68 of Perry's December 10, 2019 federal complaint, in June 2019 the board majority brought forward "a Resolution to Create a Board Subcommittee on Confidential Matters which would…

Perry, Viloria, Wolff, Normandin

Per paragraphs 61–64 of Perry's December 10, 2019 federal complaint, on March 26, 2019 the board convened a closed meeting that the complaint alleges did not satisfy the Brown Act's…

Perry, Viloria, Wolff, Normandin

At the December 11, 2018 annual organizational meeting — the meeting at which the board elects its president and clerk for the upcoming year per California Education Code §35143 and Board Bylaw 9100…

Perry, Wolff, Normandin, Vickers

In the November 6, 2018 election, voters filled three seats on the LBUSD Board of Education in a contested race. The three winners were Carol Normandin (4,861 votes), Dee Perry (4,740 votes), and…

Normandin, Perry