San Marino Unified board opens meeting, records no public comments and adjourns to closed session

The San Marino Unified School District Board of Education convened its Jan. 13, 2026, meeting at 6:30 p.m.; the meeting host opened the session and introduced Board President Francesca Gill. A staff member read required open-meeting notices and detailed how members of the public could participate.

Board Policy 9323 and Education Code section 35147 were cited as the legal basis for the board’s public-comment procedures and meeting notice. The staff member said the meeting audio is recorded and warned that speakers could be liable for defamatory statements. The district provided an email for accommodation requests (jdelatore@smusd.us) and stated documents provided to a majority of the board on open-session items are available at the district office at 1665 West Drive, San Marino, and on the district website, www.smusd.us.

The staff member explained three ways the public could submit comments for the Jan. 13 meeting: via an online form, by requesting to speak over Zoom during the meeting, or by submitting an in-person public comment card. The online submission window was listed on the agenda as 11:00 a.m. through 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 13, 2026. When asked, staff confirmed, "No submissions today." The meeting host also reported there were no attendees online via Zoom and staff confirmed no in-person public-comment cards had been dropped off.

After completing procedural announcements, the board adjourned to closed session at 6:33 p.m., as announced by staff. No motions, votes, or substantive public testimony were recorded in open session during the transcript provided.

The board did not take any additional open-session action in the recorded segment; the transcript ends with the announcement of the closed-session adjournment.