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Laguna Beach board appoints Jeffrey Dixon acting superintendent amid public calls for transparency
Summary
After a 5-0 closed-session vote to appoint Jeffrey Dixon as acting superintendent, parents, attorneys and community members urged the board to follow Brown Act requirements and lay out a transparent interim and permanent superintendent search process.
The Laguna Beach Unified School District Board of Education voted in closed session to appoint Mr. Jeffrey Dixon as acting superintendent, the board reported at the public meeting. Board members said they intend to convene a special meeting on Jan. 16 to consider naming an interim superintendent to lead a permanent search process.
The nut graf: the appointment resolved an immediate legal-capacity concern but did not end public criticism about how the board handled the transition. Many parents and community members used public comment to demand transparent procedures and formal adherence to the Brown Act and Education Code during the superintendent search.
Board counsel Tony DeMarco told the board that certain administrative functions must be performed by someone in the superintendent role and that having an acting superintendent in place reduced the legal risk of “stuff could fall through the cracks.” He described an…
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