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Public urges transparency as Rialto Unified board meets in closed session on superintendent search
Summary
At a special Oct. 6 meeting, the Rialto Unified School District board announced a closed-session review of the superintendent appointment, heard a public commenter cite the Brown Act and demand transparency in the hiring process, and later reported no action taken in closed session.
The Rialto Unified School District board held a special meeting Oct. 6 to discuss the appointment of a superintendent, heard a public commenter urge transparency and Brown Act compliance, then recessed to closed session and later reported that no action was taken.
Mr. Tuliobringer, speaking during the public-comment period, said the meeting had been called quickly and during work hours and asked the board to open the superintendent selection process. "Estoy pidiendo que lo mayor posible, que este proceso sea transparente e inclusivo y que queremos ser participar... cuando lleguemos en esa parte donde van a tener entrevistas, queremos ser partes de esas entrevistas de los paneles," he said, urging the board to allow public participation in interviews and to provide notice consistent with the Brown Act.
Earlier in the meeting the host read the closed-session item aloud, stating the board would consider the "nombramiento del empleado público, empleado, superintendente" in closed session. The board made and seconded a motion to go into closed session; the motion passed on a voice vote and the meeting was recessed. The board reconvened the open session at 12:04 p.m.
When the board returned from closed session, the president reported that the board "no está tomando ninguna acción" — that is, the board took no action during the closed session. There was no recorded roll-call vote listing individual tallies in the transcript.
The meeting had opened with routine items: roll call naming Dr. Stephanie Lewis as board president and listing board members in attendance, a public-accessibility notice, and the Pledge of Allegiance. The agenda was adopted at the start of the meeting, and staff read the public-comment procedures (three minutes per speaker) before the public-comment segment in which Mr. Tuliobringer spoke.
The board did not announce any appointments, vote on hiring, or release additional details about next steps for the superintendent search in the portions of the transcript provided. The special meeting adjourned after the report out from closed session.
