Mt. Diablo USD trustees adjourn to closed session on negotiations, personnel and litigation

The Mount Diablo Unified School District Board of Trustees announced on Sept. 24 that it would adjourn to closed session to consider negotiations, personnel matters, anticipated litigation and a liability claim, among other items.

The board's public announcement listed the closed-session items precisely: 3.1, "negotiations, and may provide directions to its representative employees, Government Code section 54957.6"; 3.2, "discipline, dismissal, release, or reassignment of public employees, Government Code section 54957(b)(1)"; 3.3, "conference with legal counsel regarding anticipated litigation"; and 3.4, "liability claims, Government Code 54956.95. It's John Rubio versus the Mount Diablo Unified School District." The agenda also listed 3.5, "public employee performance evaluation, Government Code 54957"; 3.6, "stipulated placement agreement for student 04-26"; and 3.7, "stipulated expulsion agreement for student 05-26." The board said it would adjourn to closed session and reconvene at 6 p.m.

Trustees present in the room identified themselves earlier in the meeting as Trustee Lawrence, Trustee Mason, Trustee McDougall and Trustee Mayo; Trustee Nzewie was noted to be participating by telephone from the Morrison Clark Historic Inn, 1011 L Street NW, Washington, DC, and the agenda was posted at her remote location, the board said. The transcript records the reading of the closed-session agenda but does not record deliberations or outcomes from the closed session.

Because the items are listed for closed session, the transcript does not include further open‑session discussion or votes on those matters. The liability-claim listing named John Rubio as the claimant against the Mount Diablo Unified School District; the transcript did not provide additional details about that claim or about the student cases beyond the identifiers given on the agenda.