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Mt. Diablo Unified board convenes closed session to address negotiations, litigation and student discipline
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Summary
At its April 15, 2026 meeting the Mt. Diablo Unified School District board recorded all trustees present, announced no public comment, read a closed‑session agenda listing contract negotiations, personnel discipline, three pending lawsuits and several student expulsion matters, then recessed into closed session.
The Mt. Diablo Unified School District board on April 15, 2026 read a closed‑session agenda that included contract negotiations with represented employees, potential personnel discipline and dismissal, three pending lawsuits and several student expulsion matters before recessing into closed session.
The chair opened the meeting, called the roll and recorded Trustees McDougall, Lawrence, Mayo, Nzewie and Mason as present. The chair then stated there was no public comment for the evening.
The board’s publicly read closed‑session agenda listed discussions or direction to representatives regarding negotiations with represented employees under California Government Code section 54957.6 and possible discipline, dismissal, release or reassignment of public employees under California Government Code section 54957(b)(1).
The chair also announced that the board would confer with legal counsel about existing litigation under California Government Code section 54956.9(d)(1). The three cases named on the agenda were: Gasca v. Mount Diablo Unified School District, California Department of Industrial Relations case number WCCM 1006639; Ryan v. Mount Diablo Unified School District, California Department of Industrial Relations case number WCCM 1014166; and Bancroft Dual Immersion Family Association v. Mount Diablo Unified School District, Contra Costa County Superior Court case number N26‑0580.
Agenda items also included anticipated litigation described in the agenda as significant exposure to litigation under California Government Code section 54956.9, and several student discipline matters: a possible expulsion for student identified as "12‑26" from River Grove Schools, a stipulated expulsion agreement for student "13‑26," and a request for a second continuance for student "14‑26." The chair closed the public session and said the board was going into closed session.
No formal motions or public votes were recorded in the transcript of the public portion. The board did not take public testimony during the recorded portion of the meeting.
The board recessed to closed session; the transcript ends as the closed session begins and does not record any outcomes or actions taken during that closed session.
