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Mt. Diablo Unified board moves into closed session to address negotiations, personnel and several legal matters

Mt. Diablo Unified School District Board · January 15, 2026
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Summary

The Mt. Diablo Unified School District board announced it would recess into closed session to discuss labor negotiations, possible personnel action, three named legal cases, anticipated litigation, a student readmission matter and an appeal under District policy 1312.1; closed session was set to continue until 06:00.

At a meeting of the Mt. Diablo Unified School District board, the presiding speaker announced the board would recess into closed session to discuss labor negotiations, personnel matters and litigation.

The presiding speaker said, “We will we will be going into closed session,” and read the closed-session agenda, which listed labor negotiations with represented employees under Government Code section 54957.6; possible discipline, dismissal, release or reassignment of a public employee under Government Code section 54957(b)(1); and a conference with legal counsel on existing litigation under Government Code section 54956.9. The speaker named three cases to be discussed: Stevenson v. Mt. Diablo Unified School District (Small Claims Case No. 5MSC25-0167), Gasca v. Mt. Diablo Unified School District (Small Claims Case No. MSC24-0685), and C. Lisonbee v. Mt. Diablo Unified School District (Contra Costa County Superior Court Case No. C25-3713). The agenda also listed anticipated litigation (two matters), a student readmission item, and an appeal under District policy 1312.1.

The board conducted a roll call during the open session: Trustee Mayo, Trustee Lawrence, Trustee Nzewig, Trustee McDougall and Trustee Mason were each polled and indicated present. The presiding speaker announced the closed session would continue until 06:00 and ended the public portion with “Thank you.”

The transcript does not specify the meeting date or time and the student readmission entry includes a garbled identifier; the record does not provide a clear student number. No votes or substantive discussion of the listed items appear in the public portion of the transcript; the matters themselves were listed as closed-session agenda items and will not be subject to public discussion while the board is in closed session.

The board proceeded into closed session to address the listed items; the public portion of the meeting concluded with the scheduled recess into closed session.