Laguna Beach Unified board removes two items and adjourns into closed session on anticipated litigation

The Laguna Beach Unified School District board adjourned into closed session at the start of its meeting after removing two items from the closed-session agenda and announcing it would confer with legal counsel about anticipated litigation.

Dr. Glass (title not specified) told the board, "Yes, madam chair. We'd like to remove items d and e off of both session agenda," proposing the agenda change before roll call and other business. Board members sought clarification about where the "waiver of confidentiality" appeared on the agenda; legal counsel clarified that the waiver was item C and that items D and E were being removed from the closed-session agenda.

A motion to adjourn to closed session was made and seconded; the mover and seconder were not named in the public record and the transcript does not record a formal roll-call vote. The presiding officer said the closed session would cover "conference with legal counsel, anticipated litigation, Government Code section 54956.9." No further public details about the anticipated litigation were disclosed in the meeting record.

The meeting opened at 5:00 p.m., and staff conducted roll call to establish a quorum. Those recorded present on the public record during roll call included Member Morgan, Member Perry (referred to as President Perry), Member Kelly, Member Malcheski, and an attendee identified as Clark Hills.

The board moved into closed session immediately after the procedural actions described above; the public portion of the meeting ended with the announcement that members would confer with legal counsel. The board did not provide additional public information about the subject or parties to the anticipated litigation during the portion of the transcript provided.