How Dare They

LBUSD's board majority proved the warning signs were real. Now no one should look away.

I am done pretending.

Sheri Morgan, Howard Hills, and Dee Perry voted to remove Dr. Glass through a “voluntary separation” after less than a year in a quiet special meeting on a Tuesday afternoon. Joan Malczewski and Jim Kelly dissented.

Call it whatever procedural name they want. I know what I watched.

I watched a board majority ignore public concern, staff support, parent alarm, professional judgment, and every warning sign that this district was being pulled into chaos. I watched the writing on the wall for months: the bylaw change, the graduation overstep, the healthcare audit narrative, the attacks on parent groups, and the constant undermining of district professionals.

And now this.

How dare they.

I am angry because I believe Dr. Glass is good at what he does. I believe he brought seriousness, professionalism, outside perspective, and a level of thoughtfulness this district needed. I learned a tremendous amount by watching him lead, by listening to how he talked about governance, systems, budgets, student outcomes, and what it actually takes to run a district well.

He deserved time. He deserved good-faith governance. He deserved a board willing to support the leader it had hired, rather than undercutting him at nearly every turn.

And he deserved better than this.

There is a person behind this decision. A family. A career. A reputation. A human being who showed up with professionalism and grace while this district’s politics became increasingly ugly. I hope he knows how many people saw the work he was trying to do and appreciated it.

I hope he only gets better from here.

I want to thank Joan Malczewski and Jim Kelly for continuing to stand up for this district. They showed that it is possible to take this moment seriously, respect the gravity of what was happening, and put the long-term health of LBUSD first.

But the rest of us are still here, with the damage.

How dare they gamble with my children’s future. How dare they destabilize the district we chose for its teachers, staff, schools, programs, and community. How dare they take a district that should be focused on students and drag it into a power struggle of their own making.

They do not understand what they are messing with.

This is not just one decision. This is a fracture in public trust. This is a direct attack on the stability of our schools. This is a board majority showing us exactly how it uses power when it has it.

So now, as parents and as a community, we pay attention to everything.

The budget. The LCAP. The legal costs. The healthcare audit. Staff morale. Every agenda. Every vote. Every narrative they try to spin.

And parents need to organize.

Not later. Now.

To Sheri, Howard, Dee, and every person in this community who has spent months undermining teachers, staff, families, parent groups, and the professionals trying to hold this district together: be ready for real accountability.

I have been measured. I have been careful. I have tried to be fair. I have tried to assume good intent even when the pattern was right in front of me.

That is over.

You were not measured with us. You were not careful with our teachers. You were not fair to our staff. You were not respectful of the families who begged you not to destabilize this district.

And then you messed with our kids.

So now we organize, and we make sure this board majority does not keep the power to do this again.

For anyone asking what to do next: start with FUEL.

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No more benefit of the doubt.

No more polite silence.

No more pretending this is just school board business.

They came for the stability of our district.

They came for the future of our children — MY children.

How fucking dare they.