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Portrait of Dr. Jason Viloria

Superintendent

Dr. Jason Viloria

Former LBUSD Superintendent (Jul 1, 2016 – Dec 31, 2024)

Also known as: Viloria

LBUSD Superintendent from July 1, 2016, when he succeeded the retiring Sherine Smith, until December 31, 2024. Board voted 5-0 on November 21, 2024 to terminate his contract "without cause"; separation package reported at $373,142.16 plus benefits. Now operates Viloria Consulting.

Appears in 27 timeline events

  1. At the September 25, 2025 regular board meeting, Brandon Waldron of Eide Bailly's fraud and forensics department presented findings from a forensic audit of LBUSD signature authority and check…

    Hills, Glass
  2. Per Sensible Laguna, the board voted 3-2 to conduct a brief review verifying no exposure existed from Superintendent Viloria's continued post-termination access to district email, credentials, and…

    Malczewski
  3. Outgoing trustees Kate McMahon and George Weiss published a letter to the editor in the Laguna Beach Independent that was the first public disclosure of specific terms of the November 21, 2024…

    McMahon, Weiss
  4. December 31, 2024 was Superintendent Viloria's contractual last day. Per Sensible Laguna, when Viloria was terminated, not all of his access rights and authorities were disabled; he retained active…

  5. 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, Kelly
  6. At the November 21, 2024 regular board meeting, the outgoing LBUSD Board of Education voted 5-0 in closed session to terminate Superintendent Jason Viloria's employment contract effective December…

    Vickers, McMahon, Weiss
  7. At the same November 21, 2024 meeting that voted 5-0 to terminate Viloria's contract, the board voted to ratify the 2023-2026 Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Laguna Beach Unified Faculty…

    Vickers, Wittkop
  8. The October 10, 2024 regular board meeting agenda included a closed-session item titled verbatim "Public Employee Performance Evaluation Government Code 54957 Title: Superintendent of Schools."…

    Vickers
  9. At the September 12, 2024 regular board meeting, the board voted 5-0 to ratify the 2024-2027 negotiated agreement with the California School Employees Association (CSEA) and its Laguna Beach Chapter…

    Vickers
  10. A Memorandum of Understanding between LBUSD and the Laguna Beach Unified Faculty Association (LaBUFA) was signed on February 15, 2024, under Superintendent Viloria's tenure. The MOU included a 1.25…

  11. At a board study session on June 27, 2023, the board took two study- session items: (4.A) "Facilities Master Plan Part A - Aquatics and Tennis Courts Facilities" and (4.B) "Facilities Master Plan…

  12. At the November 17, 2022 regular board meeting, the board took action on the Second Reading and Approval of Board Bylaws in the 9000 Series (Governance - Action item 14.C), which included the…

  13. At its June 23, 2022 regular meeting, the LBUSD Board of Education approved a contract amendment for Superintendent Jason Viloria on a 4–1 vote, raising his base salary from $322,149 to $331,813 (a…

    Normandin, Perry
  14. At the same June 23, 2022 regular meeting that approved the Viloria superintendent-contract amendment 4-1 (Perry dissenting), the board also took Action Items - Superintendent item 13.A: "Approval of…

  15. At a virtual study session on March 25, 2021, the board took study-session item 5.A "Update on Board Resolution 20-16: Equity Work in LBUSD" — the six-month progress check on the equity-work…

  16. At a special board meeting called for 5:00 PM on September 25, 2020, the LBUSD Board approved two Action Items - Instructional Services: (4.A) "Approval of Reopening Dates for In-Person Learning for…

  17. 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, Wolff, Normandin, Vickers
  18. At a special board study session on September 16, 2020, the board held an open-session study-session discussion on item 3.A "DRAFT Resolution No. 20-XX In support of Anti-racist Education." The…

  19. 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, Wolff, Normandin, Vickers
  20. At an emergency board meeting called for 2:00 PM on Friday, March 13, 2020 — the day Governor Newsom's earlier statewide guidance prompted California school districts to close — the LBUSD Board took…

  21. 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, Wolff, Normandin, Vickers
  22. 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, Wolff, Normandin, Vickers
  23. 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, Wolff, Normandin, Vickers
  24. Per paragraph 50 of Perry's December 10, 2019 federal complaint, after Perry investigated why the December 11, 2018 annual organizational meeting had not been recorded, Superintendent Viloria…

    Perry
  25. Per paragraphs 55–58 of Perry's December 10, 2019 federal complaint, on December 21, 2018 Trustee Peggy Wolff sent an unsolicited email from her lbusd.org account to a recent LBHS graduate (then a…

    Perry, Wolff
  26. 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
  27. Dr. Jason Viloria began as superintendent of Laguna Beach Unified School District on July 1, 2016, succeeding the retiring Sherine Smith. Viloria had most recently served as an associate…