Laguna Beach Unified School District board convenes, adjourns to closed session on litigation and labor talks

The Laguna Beach Unified School District board convened and at 4:45 p.m. moved into closed session to discuss anticipated litigation and labor negotiations, officials recorded.

"This meeting is called to order at 04:45PM," an unidentified meeting speaker said as the session opened. The board asked for roll call to establish a quorum and then solicited a motion to adopt the agenda. A voice vote was taken with "All in favor" and no individual votes recorded on the public record.

The board announced it would adjourn to closed session to consider "conference with legal counsel, anticipated litigation, Government Code sections 54956.9" and "conference with labor negotiators, unrepresented parties, Government Code 54957.6," the speaker read. The agenda identifies a pending case captioned "MF by his guardian ad litem, Lucinda Gloria Howes v. Laguna Beach Unified School District," and also names Gretchen Michelle Schooley and Does 1 through 100 as parties to the matter.

There were no public comments on the closed-session items. The board then took a motion and second to adjourn to closed session; a voice vote was recorded as "Aye," and the meeting transferred to closed session without further public discussion.

No formal decisions, vote tallies by member name, mover or seconder names, or additional materials were disclosed in the public portion of the transcript. The board returned to closed session for matters exempt from public disclosure under the cited Government Code sections.