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Laguna Beach Unified trustees keep public comment at meeting end, remove student‑records closed session and move into closed session
Summary
Trustees rejected a proposal to shift non‑agenda public comment to the start of the business meeting. The board removed a closed‑session item described as a student records challenge from the agenda and then adjourned into closed session.
At a Jan. 22, 2026 meeting, the Laguna Beach Unified School District Board of Education debated whether to move public comment on non‑agenda items to the start of the business meeting and ultimately voted to keep the current practice of hearing public comment at the end of the meeting.
Member Kelly proposed moving final public comment to the beginning of the business meeting, saying that change would “help immensely” after critical remarks at the prior meeting. An unidentified board member seconded the motion. President Morgan opposed the change, noting the meeting begins with a student recognition event and that several action items later on the agenda would prompt public comment. “For me, I would like to leave it where it is for now because the ... recognition event is a student focused event,” Morgan said on the record.
Board members debated parliamentary procedure and the precise wording of the motion; Clerk Perry reread the motion so the record would be clear. After taking the voice vote, the chair recorded the motion as failed.
The board then adopted the agenda as presented with the removal of closed‑session item 3(c), which was described on the record as a student records challenge. Clerk Perry reported there were no public comment cards on closed‑session items. The board later voted to adjourn into closed session.
Votes at a glance • Motion to move non‑agenda public comment to the beginning of the business meeting: failed (individual recorded votes not specified in the transcript). • Motion to adopt the agenda with removal of closed‑session item 3(c) (student records challenge): adopted (individual recorded votes not specified in the transcript). • Motion to adjourn to closed session: adopted (individual recorded votes not specified in the transcript).
The meeting moved into closed session after the adoption of the amended agenda. No further public details on the closed session content or any outcomes were provided in the recorded segments.
