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DA questions hiring of Austin superintendent searchWas open meetings law violated? intertwined es have both resulted in allegations
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
A prosecutor has sent a letter to former Palo Alto Superintendent Don Austin’s new school district in Laguna Beach asking about allegations that board members violated open meeting laws when he was hired. Orange County Senior Deputy District Attorney Avery Harrison
wants the Laguna Beach Unified School District to respond to claims of the board violating the Brown Act, a state law requiring elected officials to make decisions in public. Harrison asked Laguna Beach to respond to the allegations by Wednesday.
“Without any intent to interfere in your review or opine on any potential violations of law at this time, we encourage the LBUSD board to ensure the provisions of the Brown Act are followed,” Harrison said. Laguna Beach and Palo Alto’s
of Brown Act violations. The Palo Alto school board paid Austin $596,802 to resign on Feb. 20, and Laguna Beach paid Superintendent Jason Glass $253,750 to resign on May 12. Then Laguna Beach agreed to hire Austin on May 14. Palo Alto [See AUSTIN, page 22]
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WORLD CUP WIN: The United States World Cup team clinched a spot in the knockout stage with its 2-0 victory over Australia in Seattle yesterday, its second win in as many games in this World Cup.
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2450 Ralmar Ave. to Ravenswood after reports that Chavez had raped The Ravenswood School Board and sexually abused women when has dropped Cesar Chavez’s name he led the farm workers unionizafrom a middle school in East Palo tion movement. School board member Jenny Alto and renamed it Ravenswood Varghese Bloom said she asked Middle School. The board voted unanimously her almost 90-year-old neighbor to change the name of the school at what she thought of the name RaBY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
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