Dr. Malczewski's January 8 LBUSD Trustee Statement
FUEL — Families Unified for Education in Laguna
- Published:
- 2026-02-08
- Retrieved:
- 2026-05-13
Verbatim text of Trustee Malczewski's January 8, 2026 dais statement, republished on FUEL's site February 8 by Emily Rolfing. Treated as a primary doc because the substance is a verbatim trustee statement of record.
Key points
- Verbatim reproduction of Trustee Joan Malczewski's January 8, 2026 dais statement, posted on the FUEL site by Emily Rolfing.
- Cites historian Timothy Snyder on democratic backsliding as the framing for board governance concerns.
- Asserts: 'at the direction of one or two board members, not the whole board as norms dictate, district staff are now subject to investigations initiated through attorneys and now outside agencies.'
- States Malczewski chose 'not to serve on a governance committee created by the board majority but designed to consolidate power.'
- Raises Brown Act concerns about the board's process.
Cited by 2 events
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Trustee Malczewski's January 8, 2026 statement previewing the Bylaw 9322 agenda-authority change that came up at the January 22 meeting.
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At our last meeting, a bylaw revision was proposed that would give the board president sole agenda-setting authority in the event of disagreement with the superintendent. This may seem minor, but it represents a meaningful shift of power away from professional staff and undermines shared governance and trust in our new superintendent.
Trustee Malczewski's January 8, 2026 dais statement (republished on FUEL's site Feb 8) referencing the December 2025 board reorganization and the subsequent governance-restructuring agenda.