Fairfield‑Suisun board confronts graduation shooting, community demands changes to campus safety

President Tilly opened the June 11 Fairfield‑Suisun Unified School District governing board meeting with a lengthy message about the June 3 graduation shooting that killed student Jamario Baker and described the district's response as a period of collective grief and a call to action. "My heart is broken. No parent should ever have to endure such a loss," Tilly said, urging the community to "seek healing" while investigators work.

Superintendent Jennifer Sachs told the board she and staff will keep mental‑health services available through the summer and are reviewing safety protocols. "We will continue to make mental health services and support resources available to all those affected," Sachs said.

Members of the public used the meeting's public‑comment period to press the board for changes to campus safety and law‑enforcement coordination. Jan McDougall offered condolences and urged unity; Rodney Alamo Brown questioned when security requests were made for graduation events; several speakers called for clearer tiered response policies and for mental‑health professionals to be included in crisis responses rather than defaulting to law enforcement. "Student safety must come first," one commenter said, urging the district to "install metal detectors on campus and strengthen security measures."

Speakers also raised a separate but related concern about an incident involving Maurice Williams and a Fairfield police officer; commenters described that episode as traumatic and argued it illustrated a need for changes in how schools and police interact. Andrew Holman and others attributed the incidents to racialized treatment and called for accountability and cultural‑competency reforms in how staff and officers respond to students.

In response, board and district leaders did not announce new policy adoptions at the meeting but said safety protocols would be reviewed and that the district will continue coordination with law enforcement and community partners. President Tilly and Superintendent Sachs thanked the Fairfield Police Department, the Solano County Sheriff's Office and other agencies for investigative work and for supporting continuity of graduation events after the shooting.

The meeting also included routine business and several unanimous personnel appointments effective July 1, including Mallalerie (Mallerie) Bond as associate mental‑health clinician, Raqueli Rios as child nutrition manager, Alana Kasmmer as assistant principal and Jennifer Austin as assistant director of special education. Those appointments were announced in the report of action taken out of closed session.

What's next: the board said it will continue reviewing safety protocols and staffing for crisis response over the summer, and district leaders reiterated that mental‑health supports remain available to students, families and staff. The public was invited to submit further comments to the superintendent for the public record.