Fair Game 051926
Stu News Laguna · Tom Johnson
- Published:
- 2026-05-19
- Retrieved:
- 2026-05-20
Tom Johnson's Fair Game column covering the May 12 Glass mutual-separation vote, the May 14 Austin appointment, and the post-protest community 'temperature has gotten too high' framing from Board President Morgan. Reports the post-vote press-release distribution window as approximately 30 minutes (compare against the 6:27 PM ParentSquare documentary timestamp on /events/2026-05-14-austin-appointed-superintendent).
Key points
- Reports the May 12 Glass mutual-separation vote as 3-2 and the May 14 Austin appointment as occurring two days later 'without published public notice.'
- Cites the post-Closed-Session press-release distribution window as approximately 30 minutes (the documentary ParentSquare timestamp is 37 minutes — see Austin appointment event).
- Quotes Board President Sheri Morgan: 'the temperature has gotten too high, and all of us who participate in this work have a responsibility to help bring it down.'
- Quotes the CSEA and LaBUFA joint statement: 'A leadership change of this magnitude should not happen this quickly or this quietly.'
- Notes the district has had 'two interim superintendents and now three superintendents in 18 months,' citing union concerns about Brown Act compliance.
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The Laguna Beach Unified School District's Board of Education announced a "mutual separation agreement" with its superintendent on Tuesday, May 12, then hired a replacement just two days later without published public notice. A detailed press release followed within 30 minutes of the Closed Session vote, which passed 3-2.
Tom Johnson's May 19 Fair Game column. The 30-minute figure rounds the ParentSquare-documented 37-minute window between closed-session end (~5:50 PM) and the 6:27 PM ParentSquare blast.