001It's nothing. Nothing. Closing. Nothing. Good. Cool. Hey, Tom. Do you want us to go ahead and say something? >> Uh, yeah. Um, >> that's enough. That's good. >> I'm ready to go with the meeting. >> We need We just wanted to make sure we could hear you. >> Okay. Can you hear me? >> Yes, we got it. >> Good. Thank you for your patience. Our third person's in traffic. They'll she'll be here in just a minute. Okay. I would like to call to order the Mount Dav Unified School District's board meeting for June 10th. After um before I call us to order, I need to let you know that for the record, this meeting will be conducted pursuant to California Government Code section 54953B concerning the teleconferencing of meetings. Trustee Lawrence and Trusty McDougall are
002participating in this meeting by speaker phone from Trusty McDougall is at the Embassy Suites Santa Ana at 1325 East Dryer Road, Santa Ana, California. Trusty Lawrence at the courtyard by Marriott at LAX6161 West Century Boulevard. In accordance with the Brown Act, this location has been excuse me identified on the agenda for this meeting. I will ask Trusty McDougall first. Are you able to hear our proceedings on this end? >> Loud and clear. >> Okay. Do you have a copy of the agenda for this meeting? >> Yes, it's posted. >> Okay. If your location is your location such that any member of the public could participate in the public portions of this teleconference meeting from your location. >> Yes. >> Thank you. Trustee Lawrence, are you able to hear our proceedings at on this end? >>
003Yes. >> Do you have a copy of the agenda for this meeting? >> Yes. >> Has the agenda been posted at your location? >> Yes. Is your location such that any member of the public could participate in the public portion of this teleconference meeting from your location? >> Yes. >> Okay. And members of the board, are you able to hear Trusty McDougall and Trusty Lawrence? >> Yes. >> So, we will start with uh that basically is our roll call. Trusty Lawrence and McDougall. Trusty Mayo here. >> Trusty here. Awe. Trusty Mason is here. And we will now take public comment. Jenny White. >> Hello members of the board council. You turn on the microphone. The microphone. It's on the mic. There you go. >> Thank you. It's been a long time since I've been here.
004Hello, members of the board. Money Gardens is a special kind of school with a deeply engaged parent community and many staff members who have served our school for decades. Over the years, we have experienced numerous principal transitions. As a result, our staff are deeply attuned to these turnovers, and we know the difference between leadership that strengthens a school and leadership that breaks it down. For that reason, I want to sincerely thank those responsible for hiring Mr. Bennett as our school principal this past year. With extensive experience in both the United States and international schools across Asia and Latin America, he brought a global perspective that was a natural fit for our IB program. Despite arriving just before the school year began and facing the challenges of relocating and settling into a new community, Mr. Bennett
005hit the ground running on our campus. Well, walking if he was in school or in the hallways. Um, in just one year, Mr. Bennett meaningfully built meaningful relationships with staff, students, and families. He was visible, approachable, and responsive. He supported struggling students, listened to families, admitted mistakes when warranted, and consistently demonstrated humility and integrity. His leadership was grounded not only in title or not in titles or authority, but in genuine care for the people around him. Mr. Bennett's swift and unwarranted departure has left many of us with a profound sense of loss. Just as trust and stability were being rebuilt, the district tore them down. In three years, we will have had three school principles. That we feel is a failure of the system, not of our school. History and patterns repeat themselves. Previous actions
006by the district have shown that community input was often solicited only after key decisions were already made, leaving stakeholders with a false sense of involvement. It's discouraging to see that pattern still continue. If community voices are invited into the conversation, they must matter before decisions are made, not after. If transparency is promised, it must be practiced. And if stability is valued, it must be protected. We respectfully ask the board and superintendent to look within these walls and ask why principal turnover has become such a persistent pattern across our district. Our children in schools should not bear the consequences of repeated leadership disruption. Tonight is not just about one principle, though he is central to this conversation. It is about a system that continues to lose leaders who have earned the trust of their communities. Trust
007takes time and effort to build and only moments to break. Mr. Bennett earned that trust. His departure is not simply the loss of a principle. It's the loss of momentum and confidence in a process that too often feels predetermined. We ask you tonight not just to hear our concerns but to learn from them because the cost >> that was your time. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Just just that. >> Okay. Finish. >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. We ask tonight that you not just hear our concerns, but you learn from them because the cost of repeated leadership turnover is not measured in staffing charts or organizational decisions. It is measured in the experiences of students, the morale of teachers, and the trust of families. Our school has done its part and we respectfully ask
008the district leadership to do the same. Thank you. >> Thank you. Okay. Close session 3.1. Uh, negotiations. The board may discuss negotiations or provide direction to representatives regarding represented employees pursuant to government code section 54957.6. 3.2. Possible discipline, dismissal, release, or reassignment of public employee. Government code section 54957B1. 3.3 The board will meet in close session to discuss the following matters. Conference with legal counsel existing litigation government code 54956.9D1. The first one Bailey versus Mount Devil Unified School District US District Court ND Cal California case number 324-C excuse me CV- 00188- CRB. And the second MD versus Mount Devil Unified School District OAH case 3.4. The board will meet in close session to discuss the following matters. Conference with legal counsel anticipated litigation significant exposure to litigate litigation government code 54956.9D2. One matter 3.5 liability
009claims government code 5495956. Claimment MK name of agency against which the claim is made. Mount Devil Unified School District Consideration to hear Oh, that's 3.5 3.6. Consideration to hear appeal of a decision in a complaint against employee per board policy 13112.1. The board will meet to consider to hear the appeal and of an investigation into a complaint against an employee per that policy. 3.7 Public Employee Performance Evaluations of Government Code 54957. The board will meet in close session to discuss the following matters. The public employee performance evaluations of Superintendent of Schools and General Counsel. We are now in close session. Thank you.