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Santa Ana Unified trustees hold governance workshop to tighten meeting procedures and public-comment rules
Summary
Trustees, the superintendent and outside facilitators at a Santa Ana Unified School District governance workshop discussed agenda-setting, public-comment timing, consent-agenda bundling and board-superintendent communications; the board asked staff to draft a governance handbook and trial operational changes to improve meeting efficiency and community access.
The Santa Ana Unified School District Board of Education spent a workshop session reworking how it runs meetings, with trustees and Superintendent Perez agreeing to test new approaches for public comment, consent items and internal communications.
"Tonight's meeting is focused on board governance training," President said at the opening of the session, announcing outside facilitators were on hand to help the board translate bylaws into practical meeting agreements. Facilitator Terrilyn Fenders framed the session around five governance priorities — clarifying roles, evaluating the superintendent, policy work, accountability and bringing community voice into board decisions.
The discussion centered on three operational areas: how items get placed on the agenda, how public comment is managed and how the board handles the consent calendar. Trustees described the current practice: an individual board…
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