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Parent alleges district tried to falsify Nov. 19 minutes; clerk accepts responsibility for earlier error
Summary
A parent urged the board not to approve what she called false minutes from a Nov. 19 meeting; later the district clerk acknowledged an error in the November minutes and said corrected minutes were presented to the board.
At the Jan. 14 South Pasadena Unified School District board meeting, a parent and district community member said the district attempted to falsify the record of the Nov. 19, 2024 board meeting and urged the board not to approve the minutes.
Megan Kiser, identified during public comment, said she had evidence including location and vehicle logs to show she was not present inside the district office for a closed-session portion of the Nov. 19 meeting and accused the district of attempting to alter the record. She said she spoke at the Nov. 19 meeting and that the minutes set for approval that evening were "false." Kiser said she would "testify to the events" and implored the board not to approve the November minutes.
Later in the meeting, Miss Carroll addressed the board about the November 19 minutes. She said, "I am responsible and take full responsibility for the error in the November 19, 2024 special board meeting minutes that required the revision and removal from the December 10, 2024 meeting." Carroll said South Pasadena Unified School District does not record minutes from closed session and acknowledged she had erred in how she noted the proceedings. She said she removed the minutes from consideration when the error was discovered, made corrections, and presented them for board approval on Jan. 14.
The board voted to approve the revised minutes as part of the consent agenda. The meeting record shows the board approved consent agenda items 8.01 through 8.14 by voice vote with board members recorded as "aye." The clerk's statement acknowledged the district's practice regarding closed-session minutes and took responsibility for the earlier misstatement.
Kiser also said she had not been notified for an earlier appeal hearing and alleged procedural irregularities in how her August grievance and subsequent appeals were handled; those claims were raised during public comment and were not acted on during the Jan. 14 meeting. The Brown Act prevents board members from responding to non-agenda public comments at the meeting unless the item is later placed on an agenda.
