Planning Considerations for Promotion and Graduation 2026 (staff presentation)
Laguna Beach Unified School District — LBHS and Thurston Middle School leadership
- Published:
- 2026-02-09
- Retrieved:
- 2026-05-18
Ten-page joint LBHS + Thurston Middle School staff presentation attached to the Feb 12, 2026 Regular Meeting agenda (Item 6.B 'Planning Considerations for Promotion and Graduation'). Most authoritative primary document on the graduation-venue thread: (1) verifies the Allemann survey at n=107 respondents from LBHS leadership, with the presentation characterizing results as 'an even split in venue preference'; (2) supplies the FY 2025 cost baseline — Baker Party Rental (seating) $4,444.70; BCT Audio-Visual Production $49,696.68; Security $6,160; total $60,301.38 split LBHS $34,623.54 / TMS $25,577.84 — which resizes the May 14 BCT contract's 'downstream cost' framing from $66,137.98 (full contract) to +$16,441 (delta vs prior year); (3) establishes the operational framing in the district's own language ('balance student experience with family participation, safety, and operational feasibility in all planning decisions'); (4) documents the pre-2020 baseline that 'end-of-year ceremonies were planned independently by each school, based on site needs and available facilities' — i.e., site-decided historically; (5) names the Guyer Field shift as a 2021 COVID-era choice that 'supported the needs of both Laguna Beach High School and Thurston Middle School' (the joint-planning model the Irvine Bowl move decouples for LBHS only); (6) lists three qualitative survey themes: family-sharing, individual recognition, and setting/atmosphere ('the setting should feel authentic, celebratory, and like Laguna').
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BCT (Audio-Visual Production) $49,696.68
FY 2025 cost baseline from the joint LBHS+TMS staff presentation. The +$16,441 (33%) delta between $49,696.68 (FY 2025 at Guyer Field) and $66,137.98 (May 14 contract for Irvine Bowl) is the documented incremental cost attributable to the venue change.
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Pre-2020: End-of-year ceremonies were planned independently by each school, based on site needs and available facilities
Establishes the documented pre-2020 baseline in the district's own words: graduation/promotion venue decisions were historically site-administered, not board-decided. Relevant to the operational-vs-policy lane dispute.
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In response to interest in re-exploring commencement locations, the LBHS leadership team gathered student feedback, which reflected an even split in venue preference and provided qualitative insight into what students value most in the commencement experience. The following slides highlight the key themes that emerged from student feedback. (n = 107)
Primary-document confirmation of the Allemann survey at n=107 respondents, characterized by LBHS+TMS staff leadership in the joint Feb 12 presentation as 'an even split in venue preference.' The underlying ~47.1%/46.2% breakdown was later surfaced via the Savage counter-petition.