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Mount Diablo Unified board adjourns to closed session on negotiations, litigation, personnel and student admission
Summary
The Mount Diablo Unified School District Board of Education on Aug. 27, 2025 announced it would adjourn to closed session to discuss labor negotiations, pending litigation, a liability claim, the admission of a student and a public employee performance evaluation.
The Mount Diablo Unified School District Board of Education on Aug. 27, 2025 called the meeting to order and announced it would adjourn to closed session to discuss labor negotiations, discipline or reassignment of public employees, several pending lawsuits, a liability claim, the admission of a student and a public employee performance evaluation.
The closed-session agenda cited specific Government Code sections authorizing private discussion: labor negotiations under Government Code section 54957.6; discipline, dismissal or reassignment of public employees under Government Code section 54957(b)(1); liability claims under Government Code section 54956.95; and public employee performance evaluation under Government Code section 54957. The board also identified three legal matters by name and case number to be discussed in closed session.
Items listed for closed-session discussion were: 1) negotiations (agenda item 3.1); 2) discipline, dismissal, release or reassignment of a public employee (3.2); 3) conference with legal counsel on existing litigation including John JB Doe v. Mount Diablo Unified School District, Contra Costa County Superior Court case No. C25-01728; Dean et al. v. Mount Monte Gardens Elementary School, Contra Costa County Superior Court case No. C25-01587; and Stevenson v. Mount Diablo Unified School District, small claims case No. S MSC25-0167 (3.3); 4) a liability claim by a claimant named Essex (3.4); 5) admission of student A-26 to the Mount Diablo Unified School District (3.5); and 6) a public employee performance evaluation (3.6).
Board members present for roll call before the closed session were Miss Nzeewi; Mr. Lawrence; Mr. McDougall; Ms. Mason; and Linda Mayo. The board stated there were no public comment cards on file before adjourning to closed session.
The board did not record any public actions or votes on the listed items at the time the agenda was read; the items were placed on the closed-session agenda for private discussion consistent with the cited Government Code sections. Any reportable actions taken in closed session will be disclosed as required by law following the meeting.
