Pasadena Unified trustees set four advisory outcomes, tell consolidation committee to focus on geography and enrollment

Pasadena — At a workshop meeting, Pasadena Unified School District trustees on Thursday used a consensus process to adopt four desired outcomes to guide the superintendent's school consolidation advisory committee and asked the committee to consider geographic location and enrollment trends as primary factors for identifying schools for further study.

The board's nonbinding consensus will be presented for formal approval at the next regular board meeting; staff and the district's consultant will provide the advisory committee with enrollment projections, site‑level data and background materials, including the district's prior resolutions on school size.

Why it matters: The meeting came after several public commenters described the fragility facing families still displaced by the Eaton Fire and urged the board to prioritize student stability. One parent, Sahara Uriarte, told trustees her family had been displaced and moved six times since the fire and asked the district to proceed with "transparency and kid gloves." PTA leader Lisa Kruse asked the board for a line‑by‑line explanation of where projected savings from consolidation would come from…