The PUSD School Consolidation: Primary Sources

In an October 7 letter, the district's outside counsel wrote that "a mistake was made" regarding Fredericks' remote attendance at the September 3 special meeting and that "a technical violation may exist." The same day this ran, a judge said her lawsuit against the recall did not state a valid basis for relief.

Fredericks turned to the courts to stop the recall. Her original filing included 124 unidentified "Doe" parties, matching the number of residents who signed the notice of intention to circulate the recall petition. Fredericks denies the allegations.

Michael Leon, Teamsters Local 986, argues that Fredericks treated Resolution 2894, adopted June 25 to start a district transformation process with student input and community engagement, as a mandate for rapid school consolidation, and calls for her resignation.

Former PUSD Superintendent Dr. Brian McDonald and Michael Leon, Business Representative of Teamsters Local 986, will serve as co-chairs of the campaign to recall Board President Tina Wu Fredericks and Trustee Scott Harden.

Fredericks was scheduled to speak and present diplomas at the Thurgood Marshall Secondary School commencement on June 4. She walked around outside the Pasadena Civic Auditorium and left; Trustee Patrice Marshall McKenzie presented the diplomas. She attended two other high school graduations, but not those of the two schools included in her "Consolidation 2027" plan, and did not attend Blair High School's.