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Public commenter urges board to consider settlement in Russo v. Orange Unified School District
Summary
A member of the public, Alex Russo, addressed the board to urge review of alleged illegal actions by a prior board and asked trustees to consider a settlement proposal in a pending lawsuit naming Orange Unified School District.
At the start of public comments, Alex Russo addressed the Board of Education regarding item 2e (listed as Russo v. Orange Unified School District). Russo said his lawsuit challenges actions taken by a different board composition prior to recalls and alleged failures to produce public-records documents and inappropriate assertions of privilege. He asked the current board to review the prior conduct and to consider the settlement that has been proposed to the district.
"It's my lawsuit against the school district... Documents were not produced pursuant to public records requests," Russo said, urging the board to review allegedly illegal policies and consider settlement. The public comment was acknowledged by the board; there was no board discussion or formal response recorded beyond the acknowledgement and later closed-session reporting that referenced staff actions on personnel and release agreements.
Next steps: The comment was entered into the public record; any board consideration of settlement or related agenda scheduling would appear in future closed- or open-session items if brought by staff or counsel.
