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Public asks board to pull $1.2M legal amendment from consent; trustees approve consent with limited pulls

Orange Unified School District Board of Education · May 8, 2026
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Summary

A public commenter asked the board to remove a legal-services amendment from consent and explain large cumulative contract amounts; trustees discussed and ultimately approved the consent agenda (including a pulled fencing bid) and later approved the pulled item, while the commenter asked for transparency on the legal amendment.

During public comment at the May 7 Orange Unified School District board meeting, Crystal Miles asked the board to pull Item 11R (described by the commenter as a legal-services amendment) from consent and provide transparency about cumulative contract amendments that she said total approximately $1.2 million.

"This is a second amendment for another $400,000... that's $800,000 plus…

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